Written Answers Monday 14 November 2005

Scottish Executive

Alcohol Misuse

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people under the age of 30 have been treated for alcohol-related illnesses in (a) the last 12 months and (b) each year since 1997, broken down by NHS board.

Lewis Macdonald: Information as requested is presented by area of residence in the following table.

  Table 1. Patients aged under 30 diagnosed with an alcohol-related condition in Scotland, New Occurrences by Area of Residence and Year of Admission

  

 Area of Residence
 Year


 1997
 1998
 1999
 2000
 2001


 Scotland
 4,213
 4,154
 4,154
 4,113
 4,230


 Argyll and Clyde
 302
 333
 388
 400
 347


 Ayrshire and Arran
 398
 451
 419
 358
 476


 Borders
 84
 79
 77
 82
 75


 Dumfries and Galloway
 173
 129
 127
 122
 122


 Fife
 260
 294
 240
 272
 273


 Forth Valley
 191
 153
 136
 141
 146


 Grampian
 526
 495
 484
 472
 439


 Glasgow
 726
 774
 799
 728
 751


 Highland
 250
 215
 216
 248
 255


 Lanarkshire
 458
 328
 362
 333
 418


 Lothian
 499
 516
 525
 519
 523


 Orkney
 21
 29
 23
 35
 26


 Shetland
 19
 27
 18
 23
 12


 Tayside
 277
 289
 308
 352
 328


 Western Isles
 29
 42
 32
 28
 39



  Source: ISD Scotland SMR01/SMR04 linked data set.

  Notes:

  1. The latest available information on discharges from psychiatric hospitals is 2001. More up to date information is not available due to data submission problems in several NHS board areas. It is hoped that this will be resolved by the end of this year.

  2. This information was extracted from the SMR01 and SMR04 linked data set maintained by ISD Scotland. SMR01 records (Scottish Morbidity Records 1) record all in-patient and day case discharges from non-obstetric and non-psychiatric specialties in NHS Hospitals in Scotland. SMR04 records (Scottish Morbidity Records 4) record all in-patient and day case discharges from mental illness hospitals and psychiatric units. Probability matching methods have been used to link together individual hospital records for each patient, thereby creating "linked" patient histories.

  3. Alcohol-related conditions are defined by using the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases 9th and 10th Revisions (ICD9 & ICD10). ICD9 V11, 291, 303, 3050, 3575, 4255, 5353, 3050, 5710, 5711, 5712, 5713, 6555, 7607, 7903,,9773, 9800, E8600, E8609 and E9473. ICD10 E52, F10, K70, X45, X65, Y15, Y90, Y91, G312, G621, G721, I426, K292, K860, O354, P043, Q860, R780, T506, T510, T519, Y573, Z133, Z502, Z637, Z714, Z721, Z811 and Z864. Up to six diagnoses (one principal, five secondary) are recorded on the SMR01 and SMR04 returns. All six diagnostic positions were used for the analysis.

  4. Incidence of alcohol-related conditions is calculated by counting the number of first admissions to hospital each year for alcohol-related conditions. Records for a patient are checked back to 1981 to confirm if they had a previous admission to hospital for alcohol-related conditions.

Alcohol Misuse

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many alcohol-related admissions there were to each NHS hospital in each year since 1997.

Lewis Macdonald: Figures are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Table 1 (Bib. number 37917) shows the combined figures for alcohol-related discharges from general acute and psychiatric hospitals during 1997-98 to 2001-02. Table 2 (Bib. number 37918) provides data for discharges from general acute hospitals only from 1997-98 to 2004-05. Psychiatric discharges are unavailable for 2002-03 to 2004-05.

Alcohol Misuse

Mr Stewart Maxwell (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many discharges there have been with alcoholic polyneuropathy in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board and deprivation quintile.

Lewis Macdonald: The information requested is published by ISD and copies are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 37957)

  Figures on discharges from general acute hospitals with a diagnosis of alcoholic polyneuropathy during 2000-01 to 2004-05 is shown in table 1.

Alcohol Misuse

Mr Stewart Maxwell (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many discharges there have been with alcoholic cardiomyopathy in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board and deprivation quintile.

Lewis Macdonald: The Information requested is published and copies are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 37958).

  Figures on discharges from general acute hospitals with a diagnosis of alcoholic cardiomyopathy during 2000-01 to 2004-05 is shown in table 1.

Alcohol Misuse

Mr Stewart Maxwell (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many discharges there have been with alcoholic gastritis in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board and deprivation quintile.

Lewis Macdonald: The information requested is published by ISD and copies are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 37959).

  Figures on discharges from general acute hospitals with a diagnosis of alcoholic gastritis during 2000-01 to 2004-05 is shown in table 1.

Alcohol Misuse

Mr Stewart Maxwell (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many discharges there have been with alcohol-induced pancreatitis in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board and deprivation quintile.

Lewis Macdonald: The information requested is published by ISD and copies are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 37960).

  Figures on discharges from general acute hospitals with a diagnosis of alcohol-induced pancreatitis during 2000-01 to 2004-05 is shown in table 1.

Alcohol Misuse

Mr Stewart Maxwell (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-18052 by Lewis Macdonald on 10 August 2005, whether it will also provide a breakdown by deprivation quintile of the figures for discharges with alcohol-related liver disease.

Lewis Macdonald: The information requested is published by ISD and copies are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 37961).

  Figures on discharges from general acute hospitals with a diagnosis of alcohol-related liver disease during 2000-01 to 2004-05 is shown in table 1.

Birds

Robin Harper (Lothians) (Green): To ask the Scottish Executive how many cormorants have been killed by licensed culls since 1999.

Rhona Brankin: We have not issued any licences to cull cormorants. However, in the period from 1 January 1999 to date, a total of 650 cormorants have been shot under licences where cases have been made that the birds are causing serious damage to fisheries.

Charities and Trusts Investment (Scotland) Act 2005

Maureen Macmillan (Highlands and Islands) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is monitoring the impact of the Charities and Trusts Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 on very small voluntary organisations to establish whether they have the capacity to carry out their duties under the act.

Malcolm Chisholm: The Executive has committed itself to reviewing the impact of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and associated regulations within ten years of it coming into force.

Construction Industry

Sarah Boyack (Edinburgh Central) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to introduce a similar scheme in Scotland to the new Low Carbon Building Programme funding scheme announced by the UK Minister of State for Energy.

Allan Wilson: We are working closely with the Department of Trade and Industry on their proposed Microgeneration Strategy and Low Carbon Building Programme (LCBP). Linked to this, we propose to begin shortly, work to determine what might be an appropriate such strategy for Scotland.

Dentistry

Margaret Smith (Edinburgh West) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has had any discussions with NHS Lothian regarding NHS dental services.

Lewis Macdonald: Officials meet regularly with lead officers from NHS boards, including NHS Lothian, to discuss implementation of An Action Plan for Improving Oral Health and Modernising NHS Dental Services in Scotland. They last met on 25 October and will next meet on 16 December.

Dentistry

Margaret Smith (Edinburgh West) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will assist NHS Lothian to ensure that NHS dentistry services are available in South Queensferry and, if so, how.

Lewis Macdonald: The provision of NHS dental services in an area is the responsibility of an NHS board.

  However, we are investing £295 million over the next three years in NHS dental services, the vast majority of which will go towards primary care dental services.

  In areas of unmet patient demand, NHS boards can recruit directly salaried dentists. We are also currently recruiting dentists from overseas and NHS Lothian have been invited to indicate to the Executive the number of such dentists which they could accommodate, provided they have the appropriate facilities and support staff.

Dentistry

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many dentists received gross earnings from the NHS of (a) over £500,000, (b) £250,000 to £500,000, (c) £100,000 to £250,000 and (d) £50,000 to £100,000 in each year since 1997.

Lewis Macdonald: NHS general dentists’ gross earnings from NHS general dental services:

  Number of Dentists Receiving Each Amount in Year Ending March

  

 Amount of Earnings1,2
 1997
 1998
 1999
 2000
 2001
 2002
 2003
 2004
 2005


£500,000 +
 1
 2
 2
 2
 2
 2
 2
 1
 3


 Between £250,000 and £499,999
 6
 10
 13
 14
 17
 14
 14
 14
 18


 Between £100,000 and £249,999
 473
 572
 639
 662
 687
 701
 755
 733
 742


 Between £50,000 and £99,999
 783
 723
 700
 702
 676
 670
 653
 656
 632



  Source: MIDAS (Management Information & Dental Accounting System).

  Note:

  1. In addition to the payments they receive for registering and treating their patients, NHS general dentists may be entitled to claim other payments (allowances) for their circumstances. The data in the table above exclude such payments.

  2. This data refers to earnings for non-salaried general dental practitioners.

Education

Mrs Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any plans to increase the number of school nurses.

Lewis Macdonald: The Scottish Executive remains committed to building the capacity of the NHS workforce in Scotland.

  While there is no specific target associated with the recruitment of school nurses, latest figures show that there were 423 headcount qualified school nurses working in NHS Scotland as at 30 September 2004 (the latest date for which figures are available).

  The Scottish Framework for Nursing in Schools, which was published in March 2003, sets out the future direction for school nursing in Scotland. The framework is being implemented locally and the Executive is currently liaising with NHS boards to determine how best we might professionally support these developments.

  As part of the redesign of public health services, NHS boards are also developing workforce plans which reflect the health needs of their local areas.

  The Executive is committed to developing integrated services for children and is currently working closely with NHS Health Scotland to develop an integrated health profiling and planning tool for schools. This tool will helpfully support schools respond to the needs of individuals within the school setting and as such, identify the appropriate professional to best meet the needs of pupils. It is being developed in partnership with local authorities, education and health colleagues.

Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004

Dr Elaine Murray (Dumfries) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what resources it is making available to local authorities to support the provisions of the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004.

Robert Brown: The Scottish Executive has provided £17.5 million of financial support to local authorities and £6 million to NHS boards in 2004-06 to assist with the preparation for, and implementation of, the act. I have recently announced continued funding to local authorities of £12.5 million in both 2006-07 and 2007-08.

  The Executive has also provided £95.1 million of funding in 2005-06 for inclusion, accessibility for disabled pupils, discipline/behaviour, post-school transitions and training of staff in relation to additional support needs. £323.9 million is also provided to education authorities for education generally but which will also have an impact to pupils with additional support needs.

  The Executive has also prepared resources for local authorities and NHS boards to support the provisions of the act. These include the code of practice and training resource which provide guidance on duties under the act. Further guidance will be issued shortly to local authorities on dispute resolution, transitional safeguards for children and young people with a Record of Needs and new placing request procedures.

  The Executive has worked closely with local authorities and their Management Information Systems providers to develop an electronic system to assist with the development of co-ordinated support plans.

Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004

Dr Elaine Murray (Dumfries) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what resources it is making available to Dumfries and Galloway Council to support the provisions of the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004.

Robert Brown: The answer to question S2W-20375 on 14 November 2005, sets out the resources which have been made available to all local authorities, including Dumfries and Galloway Council. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search .

  The Scottish Executive has provided Dumfries and Galloway Council with £491,052 in the period 2004-06 for the preparation for, and implementation of, the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004. I have also recently announced continued funding for the act, from which Dumfries and Galloway Council will receive £351,250 in both 2006-07 and 2007-08.

Employment

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people worked in the (a) public and (b) private sector in each local authority area in each of the last six years, broken down by industry.

Allan Wilson: The preferred source for public sector employment estimates is the recently published public sector employment statistics series, which is based on the agreed National Accounts definition of the public sector. These estimates are constructed from administrative and survey data from public sector organisations. However, estimates from this source are only available for Scotland.

  Data for 2003 and 2004 by local authority area are available from the Annual Scottish Labour Force Survey (LFS). In the LFS workers classify themselves into the appropriate category thus public sector estimates sourced from the LFS include agency workers and self-employed workers. Agency workers, in particular, are typically employed by private sector firms, though they provide a service within the public sector. Thus the LFS over estimates the size of the public sector. The Office for National Statistics estimate that the LFS over estimates public sector employment by about 5%.

  This LFS data for 2003 and 2004 are given in the tables of Employment by Sector, Industry and Work Local Authority Area, 2003-2004, a copy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 37850).

  The Annual Scottish Labour Force Survey was enhanced for the first time in 2003. This enabled a more detailed breakdown of key labour market statistics, both in terms of their characteristics and the coverage provided at local authority level. Thus data are not available before 2003.

Energy

Richard Lochhead (North East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give details of the results of any investigations into geothermal energy as a potential future energy source.

Allan Wilson: No investigations into geothermal energy have been carried out by the Executive.

  The Executive has, however, funded a number of geothermal related projects. Through the Scottish Community and Householder Renewables Initiative, we have supported 177 household ground source heat pump projects and 25 community group projects.

Environment

Nora Radcliffe (Gordon) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive what preliminary work has been carried out in respect of how EU Directive 2004/35/CE on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage will be transposed into Scottish legislation or regulation; what consultation is planned, and when it anticipates undertaking the legislative or administrative action to ensure that the provisions of the directive are implemented by 30 April 2007.

Ross Finnie: The Scottish Executive has worked with others, notably Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Scottish Natural Heritage and UK departments, to assess the impact of the Directive’s requirements and to prepare for public consultation on its transposition into Scottish legislation. We aim to consult on policy issues early next year and on more detailed arrangements in autumn 2006.

Environment

Eleanor Scott (Highlands and Islands) (Green): To ask the Scottish Executive whether the issue of licences to fishing boats to allow scallop dredging inside the Firth of Lorne Special Area of Conservation amounts to the authorisation of a "plan or project" under regulation 48 of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 and the European Court of Justice "Waddenzee" ruling of 7 September 2004 and therefore triggers the need for the precautionary significance test as set out in regulation 48(1) of the Regulations.

Ross Finnie: No. The issue of licences to fishing vessels is not included in the mechanisms and regimes set out in Regulations 53A to 85 of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations and Regulation 48 does not, therefore, apply.

  As a competent authority under the 1994 Regulations, the Scottish ministers are required to exercise their functions so as to secure compliance with the requirements of the Habitats Directive. In the case of fisheries, this is done under Regulation 3(3) of the 1994 Regulations.

Fisheries

Eleanor Scott (Highlands and Islands) (Green): To ask the Scottish Executive whether a strategic environmental assessment, including assessment of the impact on blue whiting stocks, will be required in consideration of the proposed Sildarvinnslan fishmeal processing factory at Sella Ness.

Ross Finnie: It would be for Shetland Island’s Council in the first instance to consider whether the planning application for this processing factory should be subject to an Environmental Impact Assessment under the Environmental Impact Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 1999.

  The currently agreed long term management plan for the blue whiting stock sets an agreed target of maintaining a precautionary fishing mortality rate below F=0.32. The recent ICES advice notes that this target allows a Total Allowable Catch (TAC) of 1.5 million tonnes (mt) to be established for 2006. Neither the management plan nor the advice is concerned with capacity or location of processing facilities.

H5N1 Influenza

Carolyn Leckie (Central Scotland) (SSP): To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on whether the tendering process for pandemic flu vaccines is being conducted on the basis of being concluded before any pandemic flu virus strain has been identified.

Mr Andy Kerr: The tendering process to procure the capacity to manufacture vaccines has already begun and will be completed as quickly as possible. Because a pandemic flu virus will be different from other recent virus strains, a new vaccine will need to be developed. Until the pandemic strain is identified it will not be possible to produce a vaccine. This may take a minimum of four to six months.

H5N1 Influenza

Carolyn Leckie (Central Scotland) (SSP): To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on whether the contracts being tendered with pharmaceutical companies for vaccinations against H5N1 will commence before or after the identification of a flu virus strain likely to lead to a pandemic.

Mr Andy Kerr: The vaccines being developed are against the H5N1 avian flu virus which has already been identified as is currently circulating in South East Asia.

H5N1 Influenza

Mr Stewart Maxwell (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are to run a public information campaign to encourage personal hygiene prior to the outbreak of any influenza pandemic, given the role of hand-washing in effectively limiting the spread of infection.

Mr Andy Kerr: As outlined in the Influenza Pandemic Plan published on 19 October 2005, once a pandemic outbreak was identified a public information campaign would be run advising the public how to protect themselves against spread of infection, including through regular hand washing.

  The Scottish Executive’s Pandemic Flu website already contains advice on how to avoid spreading infection. Information is available at www.show.scot.nhs.uk/sehd/pandemicflu.

Health

Mrs Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to improve NHS allergy services.

Lewis Macdonald: We are committed to developing our health services, including services for people with allergic conditions. The Scottish Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee, which forms a part of the advisory structure of the Health Department, has set up a Working Group to prepare a report to the Chief Medical Officer on allergy services in Scotland. The group will focus mainly on the development of resources to aid patient diagnosis and management within primary care and give consideration as to how primary care staff can be supported in their work.

Health

Mrs Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS allergy centres there are.

Lewis Macdonald: There are no NHS allergy centres in Scotland. Most mild or moderate allergy symptoms are managed successfully in primary care. The majority of secondary care referrals are made to organ-based specialists such as ENT surgeons, chest physicians, dermatologists and gastroenterologists. Patients with severe, drug-resistant or life-threatening diseases require expert allergy assessment at tertiary care level. These patients are seen by Consultant Immunologists who conduct a number of sessions in allergy per week.

Health

Linda Fabiani (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S2W-19555, S2W-19556 and S2W-19557 by Lewis Macdonald on 27 October 2005, whether it has taken cognisance of the research of Mielke et al in Neurology 2005; 64: 1689-1695 which shows a link between low cholesterol and the onset of dementia.

Lewis Macdonald: In developing evidence-based health services, we have to take cognisance of the whole body of research on any given subject. The article by Mielke et al adds to the body of research on the question of cholesterol and dementia.

Health

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many admissions to hospital for self-harm there have been in each year since 1999, broken down into (a) adults, (b) adolescents and (c) children in each NHS board area.

Mr Andy Kerr: The information is shown in the following table.

  Hospital Discharges From Acute Hospitals with A Diagnosis of Deliberate Self-Harm - Years Ending 31 December 1999-2004 Inclusive

  

 Year/NHS Board of Residence
 Age (Years)


1999


 All Areas
 321
 2,045
 13,532
 15,898


 Argyll and Clyde
 27
 191
 1,090
 1,308


 Ayrshire and Arran
 24
 195
 1,178
 1,397


 Borders
 4
 50
 268
 322


 Dumfries and Galloway
 13
 60
 344
 417


 Fife
 23
 139
 834
 996


 Forth Valley
 12
 85
 773
 870


 Grampian
 26
 190
 1,272
 1,488


 Greater Glasgow
 63
 322
 2,466
 2,851


 Highland
 4
 49
 284
 337


 Lanarkshire
 32
 175
 1,135
 1,342


 Lothian
 46
 347
 2,445
 2,838


 Orkney
 2
 3
 25
 30


 Shetland
 1
 8
 38
 47


 Tayside
 42
 190
 1,100
 1,332


 Western Isles
 -
 3
 43
 46


 Other
 2
 38
 237
 277


2000


 All Areas
 380
 2,032
 12,846
 15,258


 Argyll and Clyde
 40
 209
 1,186
 1,435


 Ayrshire and Arran
 30
 184
 1,153
 1,367


 Borders
 5
 38
 264
 307


 Dumfries and Galloway
 8
 60
 328
 396


 Fife
 31
 123
 846
 1,000


 Forth Valley
 24
 99
 695
 818


 Grampian
 40
 242
 1,297
 1,579


 Greater Glasgow
 50
 297
 2,346
 2,693


 Highland
 14
 41
 288
 343


 Lanarkshire
 35
 186
 1,237
 1,458


 Lothian
 46
 271
 1,629
 1,946


 Orkney
 2
 7
 25
 34


 Shetland
 4
 8
 60
 72


 Tayside
 46
 221
 1,254
 1,521


 Western Isles
 3
 11
 43
 57


 Other
 2
 35
 195
 232


2001


 All Areas
 457
 1,997
 13,094
 15,548


 Argyll and Clyde
 33
 184
 1,163
 1,380


 Ayrshire and Arran
 25
 181
 1,280
 1,486


 Borders
 9
 47
 288
 344


 Dumfries and Galloway
 7
 43
 341
 391


 Fife
 29
 180
 849
 1,058


 Forth Valley
 32
 119
 712
 863


 Grampian
 84
 225
 1,316
 1,625


 Greater Glasgow
 50
 330
 2,565
 2,945


 Highland
 18
 41
 310
 369


 Lanarkshire
 52
 220
 1,481
 1,753


 Lothian
 64
 199
 1,354
 1,617


 Orkney
 1
 8
 21
 30


 Shetland
 -
 5
 47
 52


 Tayside
 52
 181
 1,113
 1,346


 Western Isles
 -
 6
 53
 59


 Other
 1
 28
 201
 230


2002


 All Areas
 451
 2,283
 14,428
 17,162


 Argyll and Clyde
 42
 167
 1,074
 1,283


 Ayrshire and Arran
 38
 231
 1,360
 1,629


 Borders
 10
 55
 344
 409


 Dumfries and Galloway
 9
 59
 310
 378


 Fife
 35
 172
 917
 1,124


 Forth Valley
 29
 104
 771
 904


 Grampian
 85
 230
 1,330
 1,645


 Greater Glasgow
 41
 366
 2,615
 3,022


 Highland
 8
 42
 224
 274


 Lanarkshire
 41
 182
 1,508
 1,731


 Lothian
 63
 424
 2,458
 2,945


 Orkney
 1
 4
 20
 25


 Shetland
 2
 5
 49
 56


 Tayside
 37
 207
 1,134
 1,378


 Western Isles
 5
 12
 85
 102


 Other
 5
 23
 229
 257


2003


 All Areas
 464
 1,947
 13,399
 15,810


 Argyll and Clyde
 25
 127
 1,027
 1,179


 Ayrshire and Arran
 49
 235
 1,238
 1,522


 Borders
 8
 43
 316
 367


 Dumfries and Galloway
 8
 29
 331
 368


 Fife
 51
 144
 922
 1,117


 Forth Valley
 15
 63
 680
 758


 Grampian
 67
 256
 1,355
 1,678


 Greater Glasgow
 50
 260
 2,407
 2,717


 Highland
 24
 45
 216
 285


 Lanarkshire
 51
 155
 1,377
 1,583


 Lothian
 75
 402
 2,274
 2,751


 Orkney
 -
 7
 19
 26


 Shetland
 1
 9
 56
 66


 Tayside
 32
 144
 986
 1,162


 Western Isles
 6
 13
 53
 72


 Other
 2
 15
 142
 159


2004


 All Areas
 365
 1,805
 12,498
 14,668


 Argyll and Clyde
 22
 157
 1,007
 1,186


 Ayrshire and Arran
 52
 246
 1,220
 1,518


 Borders
 12
 42
 341
 395


 Dumfries and Galloway
 3
 29
 253
 285


 Fife
 28
 138
 778
 944


 Forth Valley
 12
 59
 567
 638


 Grampian
 74
 178
 1,072
 1,324


 Greater Glasgow
 38
 248
 2,212
 2,498


 Highland
 17
 52
 503
 572


 Lanarkshire
 30
 172
 1,250
 1,452


 Lothian
 52
 286
 2,008
 2,346


 Orkney
 -
 3
 19
 22


 Shetland
 -
 15
 56
 71


 Tayside
 19
 146
 976
 1,141


 Western Isles
 4
 18
 69
 91


 Other
 2
 16
 167
 185



  Notes:

  1. Up to six diagnoses (one main, five secondary) are recorded on SMR01 returns. All six diagnoses have been used to select episodes for deliberate self-harm. The International Classification of Diseases (ICD10) codes X60 to X84 have been used to identify deliberate self-harm.

  2. "Other" includes areas of residence outside Scotland, no fixed abode and unknown.

Health

Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many admissions to hospital for cold-related/aggravated illnesses there have been in each year since 1999, broken down into (a) children, (b) adolescents, (c) adults and (d) elderly people in each NHS board area.

Mr Andy Kerr: The information is shown in the following table.

  Hospital discharges from acute hospitals with a diagnosis of cold related/aggravated illnesses - years ending 31 December 1999-2004 inclusive:

  

Year/NHS Board of Residence
Age (years)


0-14 years
15-19 years
20-64 years
65 and over
All Ages


1999
 
 
 
 
 


All Areas
17
25
157
209
408


Argyll and Clyde
1
2
15
16
34


Ayrshire and Arran
3
2
19
25
49


Borders
1
-
2
1
4


Dumfries and Galloway
-
6
3
3
12


Fife
2
1
5
12
20


Forth Valley
-
-
-
9
9


Grampian
3
3
8
20
34


Greater Glasgow
-
2
16
56
74


Highland
-
1
15
12
28


Lanarkshire
1
-
13
4
18


Lothian
2
-
9
12
23


Orkney
2
-
-
3
5


Shetland
1
2
2
-
5


Tayside
-
2
25
34
61


Western Isles
-
1
2
1
4


Other
1
3
23
1
28


2000
 
 
 
 
 


All Areas
14
18
152
138
322


Argyll and Clyde
-
4
9
4
17


Ayrshire and Arran
1
1
17
33
52


Borders
-
2
2
2
6


Dumfries and Galloway
-
-
2
4
6


Fife
-
-
6
19
25


Forth Valley
-
-
-
7
7


Grampian
1
-
15
9
25


Greater Glasgow
1
2
16
19
38


Highland
3
1
25
11
40


Lanarkshire
3
2
3
2
10


Lothian
1
2
7
7
17


Orkney
-
-
2
1
3


Shetland
1
-
3
3
7


Tayside
3
3
19
14
39


Western Isles
-
-
-
-
-


Other
-
1
26
3
30


2001
 
 
 
 
 


All Areas
12
18
137
148
315


Argyll and Clyde
1
2
11
11
25


Ayrshire and Arran
-
1
13
26
40


Borders
-
-
2
2
4


Dumfries and Galloway
-
-
2
10
12


Fife
-
-
10
10
20


Forth Valley
1
-
5
6
12


Grampian
-
1
9
16
26


Greater Glasgow
1
-
17
27
45


Highland
1
2
10
4
17


Lanarkshire
2
1
2
2
7


Lothian
1
4
7
14
26


Orkney
1
2
1
4
8


Shetland
-
-
2
1
3


Tayside
4
3
19
14
40


Western Isles
-
-
6
1
7


Other
-
2
21
-
23


2002
 
 
 
 
 


All Areas
14
17
140
118
289


Argyll and Clyde
-
2
11
6
19


Ayrshire and Arran
-
2
12
19
33


Borders
-
-
1
1
2


Dumfries and Galloway
1
-
1
-
2


Fife
-
-
14
8
22


Forth Valley
4
-
4
5
13


Grampian
3
2
8
13
26


Greater Glasgow
-
-
26
20
46


Highland
-
2
12
11
25


Lanarkshire
1
2
5
1
9


Lothian
2
3
5
11
21


Orkney
-
1
2
4
7


Shetland
-
-
3
2
5


Tayside
2
1
14
13
30


Western Isles
-
-
2
1
3


Other
1
2
20
3
26


2003
 
 
 
 
 


All Areas
10
6
113
108
237


Argyll and Clyde
1
-
8
4
13


Ayrshire and Arran
2
-
9
13
24


Borders
-
-
-
-
-


Dumfries and Galloway
-
-
5
2
7


Fife
-
1
5
2
8


Forth Valley
-
-
7
2
9


Grampian
1
1
11
8
21


Greater Glasgow
-
-
18
21
39


Highland
2
2
14
13
31


Lanarkshire
1
1
3
9
14


Lothian
1
-
8
16
25


Orkney
-
1
-
3
4


Shetland
-
-
-
-
-


Tayside
2
-
6
11
19


Western Isles
-
-
1
1
2


Other
-
-
18
3
21


2004
 
 
 
 
 


All Areas
6
16
117
149
288


Argyll and Clyde
-
6
10
11
27


Ayrshire and Arran
1
1
5
15
22


Borders
-
-
1
1
2


Dumfries and Galloway
-
-
1
5
6


Fife
1
1
10
7
19


Forth Valley
1
-
1
10
12


Grampian
-
-
18
17
35


Greater Glasgow
1
1
11
24
37


Highland
-
-
6
22
28


Lanarkshire
2
1
5
9
17


Lothian
-
1
20
14
35


Orkney
-
1
1
1
3


Shetland
-
-
7
-
7


Tayside
-
1
8
12
21


Western Isles
-
1
-
-
1


Other
-
2
13
1
16



  Notes:

  1. Up to six diagnoses (one main, five secondary) are recorded on SMR01 returns. All six diagnoses have been used to select episodes for cold related illness. The International Classification of Diseases (ICD10) codes listed below have been used to define cold related/aggravated illnesses:

  Frostbite (T33-T35)

  Hypothermia (T68)

  Other effects of reduced temperature (T69)

  Exposure to excessive cold of man-made origin (W93)

  Exposure to excessive natural cold (X31).

  2. "Other" includes areas of residence outside Scotland, no fixed abode and unknown.

Justice

Bill Butler (Glasgow Anniesland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of suggestions that short and long-term prisoners should be considered for release only after serving five-sixths of their sentences, how many (a) extra prison places and (b) new prisons would be required; what the cost per annum would be; how long it would take to provide the extra places, and how prisoners would be accommodated between the enactment of any such legislation and the provision of new prison places.

Cathy Jamieson: We await the advice of the Sentencing Commission on proposals for the reform of early release. We have indicated our intention to build on their recommendations in future legislation. In reaching decisions we will consider the impact on prison numbers and implications for the prison estate. Currently, short-term prisoners normally serve one half of their sentence in prison; long-term prisoners are released between the half and two-thirds point. If all current prisoners were required to serve in full the sentence imposed by the court this would result in a substantial increase in the daily prison population. Whilst it is hard to quantify accurately the increase a rough estimate would indicate a rise of between 3000 and 4,000 in a period of five to six years. A move to five or six for all would give an increase of between 2,200 and 3,100.

  Current costs per prisoner place, including capital expenditure, are of the order of £40,000 per year.

Justice

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) recorded cases of, (b) prosecutions for and (c) convictions for (i) serious assault, (ii) robbery and (iii) other non-sexual crimes of violence there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by (1) police force and (2) local authority area.

Cathy Jamieson: The available information is given in the following tables. The court proceedings statistics for 2004-05 are scheduled for publication in March 2006.

  The statistics dealing with recorded crime and court proceedings are not directly comparable as a person may be proceeded against for more than one crime involving more than one victim and there is the possibility that the crime recorded by the police may be altered in the course of judicial proceedings. Also a crime may be recorded by the police in one year and court proceedings concluded in a subsequent year.

  Selected Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, by Police Force Area, 2000-041

  

 Police Force Area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 2003
 2004


 
 Serious Assault etc8


 Central
 248
 315
 330
 350
 290


 Dumfries and Galloway
 79
 116
 135
 145
 143


 Fife
 318
 326
 349
 333
 329


 Grampian
 468
 359
 382
 404
 382


 Lothian and Borders
 894
 833
 924
 832
 843


 Northern
 277
 254
 262
 234
 273


 Strathclyde
 4,399
 4,800
 4,947
 4,999
 5,327


 Tayside
 280
 293
 302
 252
 319


 Scotland
 6,963
 7,296
 7,631
 7,549
 7,906


 
 Robbery


 Central
 74
 82
 94
 65
 68


 Dumfries and Galloway
 51
 35
 67
 49
 39


 Fife
 158
 168
 215
 178
 227


 Grampian
 272
 265
 292
 252
 213


 Lothian and Borders
 742
 716
 799
 748
 710


 Northern
 24
 26
 28
 39
 49


 Strathclyde
 2,966
 2,791
 3,295
 2,691
 2,475


 Tayside
 133
 145
 148
 137
 181


 Scotland
 4,420
 4,228
 4,938
 4,159
 3,962


 
 Other Non-Sexual Crimes of Violence


 Central
 75
 141
 107
 86
 125


 Dumfries and Galloway
 24
 19
 19
 23
 12


 Fife
 150
 163
 251
 117
 116


 Grampian
 662
 481
 419
 385
 251


 Lothian and Borders
 1,139
 815
 1,189
 913
 884


 Northern
 136
 130
 111
 169
 155


 Strathclyde
 1,456
 1,679
 1,678
 1,628
 1,651


 Tayside
 171
 128
 118
 201
 135


 Scotland
 3,813
 3,556
 3,892
 3,522
 3,329



  Selected Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, by Local Authority Area, 2000-041

  

 Local Authority Area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 2003
 2004


 
 Serious Assault etc8


 Aberdeen City
 265
 207
 200
 242
 216


 Aberdeenshire
 141
 109
 115
 108
 115


 Angus
 62
 78
 64
 60
 65


 Argyll and Bute
 97
 84
 105
 102
 107


 Clackmannanshire
 56
 68
 75
 59
 71


 Dumfries and Galloway
 79
 116
 135
 145
 143


 Dundee City
 153
 134
 151
 135
 170


 East Ayrshire
 198
 254
 221
 167
 250


 East Dunbartonshire
 94
 100
 89
 78
 101


 East Lothian
 55
 52
 83
 62
 70


 East Renfrewshire
 77
 74
 63
 70
 80


 Edinburgh, City of
 489
 478
 508
 432
 463


 Eilean Siar
 7
 8
 21
 18
 20


 Falkirk
 132
 165
 167
 187
 128


 Fife
 318
 326
 349
 333
 329


 Glasgow City
 2,052
 2,329
 2,415
 2,654
 2,580


 Highland
 249
 224
 214
 189
 236


 Inverclyde
 172
 214
 221
 231
 231


 Midlothian
 91
 63
 75
 87
 63


 Moray
 62
 43
 67
 54
 51


 North Ayrshire
 235
 236
 236
 231
 265


 North Lanarkshire
 441
 435
 418
 366
 477


 Orkney Islands
 1
 10
 8
 12
 6


 Perth and Kinross
 65
 81
 87
 57
 84


 Renfrewshire
 309
 328
 329
 305
 316


 Scottish Borders
 88
 89
 103
 75
 89


 Shetland Islands
 20
 12
 19
 15
 11


 South Ayrshire
 129
 161
 174
 145
 159


 South Lanarkshire
 378
 376
 425
 407
 507


 Stirling
 60
 82
 88
 104
 91


 West Dunbartonshire
 217
 209
 251
 243
 254


 West Lothian
 171
 151
 155
 176
 158


 Scotland
 6,963
 7,296
 7,631
 7,549
 7,906


 
 Robbery


 Aberdeen City
 217
 209
 237
 201
 156


 Aberdeenshire
 34
 29
 40
 45
 47


 Angus
 15
 16
 15
 16
 17


 Argyll and Bute
 22
 30
 24
 17
 15


 Clackmannanshire
 6
 11
 27
 12
 14


 Dumfries and Galloway
 51
 35
 67
 49
 39


 Dundee City
 91
 85
 103
 90
 119


 East Ayrshire
 114
 113
 94
 43
 56


 East Dunbartonshire
 49
 49
 39
 26
 22


 East Lothian
 27
 15
 21
 17
 11


 East Renfrewshire
 50
 36
 59
 61
 60


 Edinburgh, City of
 600
 607
 663
 616
 582


 Eilean Siar
 1
 -
 -
 -
 2


 Falkirk
 37
 40
 44
 27
 26


 Fife
 158
 168
 215
 178
 227


 Glasgow City
 1,722
 1,538
 1,811
 1,557
 1,460


 Highland
 23
 26
 28
 39
 47


 Inverclyde
 92
 84
 111
 78
 67


 Midlothian
 35
 20
 24
 24
 24


 Moray
 21
 27
 15
 6
 10


 North Ayrshire
 102
 119
 170
 111
 98


 North Lanarkshire
 174
 160
 204
 172
 149


 Orkney Islands
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Perth and Kinross
 27
 44
 30
 31
 45


 Renfrewshire
 269
 341
 324
 277
 194


 Scottish Borders
 12
 12
 15
 11
 12


 Shetland Islands
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 South Ayrshire
 61
 44
 67
 39
 40


 South Lanarkshire
 199
 185
 281
 205
 185


 Stirling
 31
 31
 23
 26
 28


 West Dunbartonshire
 112
 92
 111
 105
 129


 West Lothian
 68
 62
 76
 80
 81


 Scotland
 4,420
 4,228
 4,938
 4,159
 3,962


 
 Other Non-Sexual Crimes of Violence


 Aberdeen City
 324
 239
 212
 186
 151


 Aberdeenshire
 222
 168
 128
 123
 62


 Angus
 50
 32
 22
 37
 35


 Argyll and Bute
 66
 93
 73
 66
 57


 Clackmannanshire
 13
 41
 22
 19
 39


 Dumfries and Galloway
 24
 19
 19
 23
 12


 Dundee City
 87
 74
 67
 127
 76


 East Ayrshire
 61
 69
 80
 76
 60


 East Dunbartonshire
 42
 36
 47
 33
 40


 East Lothian
 113
 41
 50
 80
 61


 East Renfrewshire
 28
 20
 25
 31
 17


 Edinburgh, City of
 784
 575
 790
 565
 538


 Eilean Siar
 31
 8
 16
 12
 16


 Falkirk
 48
 58
 53
 44
 58


 Fife
 150
 163
 251
 117
 116


 Glasgow City
 637
 714
 683
 705
 691


 Highland
 100
 117
 92
 146
 134


 Inverclyde
 81
 70
 65
 69
 51


 Midlothian
 96
 37
 56
 68
 74


 Moray
 116
 74
 79
 76
 38


 North Ayrshire
 90
 74
 112
 81
 88


 North Lanarkshire
 104
 166
 215
 173
 211


 Orkney Islands
 2
 4
 3
 6
 2


 Perth and Kinross
 34
 22
 29
 37
 24


 Renfrewshire
 56
 123
 98
 91
 89


 Scottish Borders
 68
 61
 184
 68
 72


 Shetland Islands
 3
 1
 -
 5
 3


 South Ayrshire
 61
 51
 58
 86
 72


 South Lanarkshire
 93
 96
 111
 111
 165


 Stirling
 14
 42
 32
 23
 28


 West Dunbartonshire
 137
 167
 111
 106
 110


 West Lothian
 78
 101
 109
 132
 139


 Scotland
 3,813
 3,556
 3,892
 3,522
 3,329



  Persons Proceeded Against2 in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Police Force Area, 2000-03

  

 Police Force Area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 20035


 
 Serious Assault etc8


 Central 
 91
 91
 118
 115


 Dumfries and Galloway
 32
 37
 59
 43


 Fife 
 68
 107
 129
 78


 Grampian 
 96
 99
 99
 127


 Lothian and Borders 
 234
 241
 326
 301


 Northern 
 70
 55
 52
 94


 Strathclyde 
 855
 958
 743
 895


 Tayside 
 170
 160
 182
 152


 Scotland4
 1,617
 1,748
 1,708
 1,805


 
 Robbery


 Central 
 26
 32
 28
 33


 Dumfries and Galloway
 22
 22
 23
 19


 Fife 
 42
 58
 42
 53


 Grampian 
 41
 56
 57
 82


 Lothian and Borders 
 99
 90
 124
 83


 Northern 
 2
 6
 7
 5


 Strathclyde 
 519
 467
 400
 426


 Tayside 
 41
 42
 38
 49


 Scotland4
 792
 775
 719
 750


 
 Other Non-Sexual Crimes of Violence


 Central 
 11
 7
 14
 13


 Dumfries and Galloway
 6
 7
 1
 2


 Fife 
 8
 10
 12
 12


 Grampian 
 16
 15
 15
 20


 Lothian and Borders 
 35
 24
 47
 64


 Northern 
 11
 11
 8
 14


 Strathclyde 
 131
 153
 155
 193


 Tayside 
 44
 41
 41
 36


 Scotland4
 262
 268
 293
 354



  Persons Proceeded Against2 in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Approximate Local Authority Area6, 2000-03

  

 Local Authority Area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 20035


 
 Serious Assault etc8


 Aberdeen City 
 56
 43
 46
 76


 Aberdeenshire 
 8
 12
 23
 22


 Angus 
 39
 34
 36
 30


 Argyll and Bute 
 12
 11
 10
 12


 Clackmannanshire 
 21
 20
 17
 20


 Dumfries and Galloway
 29
 29
 45
 37


 Dundee City 
 78
 85
 63
 80


 East Ayrshire 
 59
 60
 41
 69


 East Lothian 
 9
 8
 15
 24


 Edinburgh, City of 
 121
 138
 180
 161


 Eilean Siar 
 2
 2
 -
 11


 Falkirk 
 36
 30
 50
 61


 Fife 
 66
 90
 105
 70


 Glasgow City 
 269
 345
 256
 344


 Highland 
 53
 42
 34
 53


 Inverclyde 
 24
 20
 27
 31


 Midlothian 
 -
 -
 1
 1


 Moray 
 13
 14
 14
 6


 North Lanarkshire 
 55
 55
 41
 36


 Orkney Islands 
 2
 1
 1
 5


 Perth and Kinross 
 30
 21
 45
 29


 Renfrewshire 
 47
 65
 54
 53


 Scottish Borders 
 18
 33
 35
 23


 Shetland Islands 
 -
 1
 7
 4


 South Ayrshire 
 23
 36
 25
 13


 South Lanarkshire 
 131
 122
 59
 105


 Stirling 
 25
 28
 32
 16


 West Dunbartonshire
 19
 40
 26
 33


 West Lothian 
 19
 24
 41
 44


 Other7
 353
 338
 378
 334


 Scotland4
 1,617
 1,748
 1,708
 1,805


 
 Robbery


 Aberdeen City 
 28
 38
 30
 55


 Aberdeenshire 
 -
 5
 5
 8


 Angus 
 4
 3
 8
 10


 Argyll and Bute 
 -
 -
 2
 1


 Clackmannanshire 
 4
 5
 7
 9


 Dumfries and Galloway
 21
 15
 17
 17


 Dundee City 
 15
 25
 13
 24


 East Ayrshire 
 39
 41
 44
 39


 East Lothian 
 -
 8
 8
 4


 Edinburgh, City of 
 60
 52
 87
 51


 Falkirk 
 4
 12
 11
 11


 Fife 
 37
 47
 34
 41


 Glasgow City 
 182
 166
 131
 163


 Highland 
 2
 2
 7
 5


 Inverclyde 
 17
 12
 7
 20


 Moray 
 2
 2
 2
 2


 North Lanarkshire 
 13
 13
 13
 11


 Perth and Kinross 
 11
 8
 13
 9


 Renfrewshire 
 33
 37
 32
 29


 Scottish Borders 
 1
 4
 -
 5


 Shetland Islands 
 -
 1
 -
 -


 South Ayrshire 
 13
 11
 14
 12


 South Lanarkshire 
 38
 31
 40
 34


 Stirling 
 9
 9
 3
 5


 West Dunbartonshire
 23
 12
 12
 19


 West Lothian 
 6
 2
 13
 8


 Other7
 230
 213
 166
 158


 Scotland4
 792
 775
 719
 750


 
 Other Non-Sexual Crimes of Violence


 Aberdeen City 
 5
 5
 8
 15


 Aberdeenshire 
 3
 5
 -
 5


 Angus 
 8
 10
 4
 11


 Argyll and Bute 
 4
 4
 5
 8


 Clackmannanshire 
 2
 4
 3
 2


 Dumfries and Galloway
 6
 5
 1
 2


 Dundee City 
 24
 18
 23
 17


 East Ayrshire 
 15
 13
 15
 5


 East Lothian 
 3
 5
 1
 6


 Edinburgh, City of 
 23
 15
 24
 40


 Eilean Siar 
 -
 -
 -
 2


 Falkirk 
 4
 3
 7
 7


 Fife 
 8
 7
 12
 11


 Glasgow City 
 42
 72
 46
 88


 Highland 
 11
 9
 7
 10


 Inverclyde 
 2
 7
 6
 9


 Moray 
 7
 4
 5
 -


 North Lanarkshire 
 8
 8
 13
 14


 Orkney Islands 
 -
 1
 1
 1


 Perth and Kinross 
 11
 9
 10
 8


 Renfrewshire 
 11
 9
 12
 14


 Scottish Borders 
 2
 1
 10
 7


 Shetland Islands 
 -
 1
 -
 -


 South Ayrshire 
 10
 14
 12
 10


 South Lanarkshire 
 20
 13
 33
 32


 Stirling 
 5
 -
 4
 3


 West Dunbartonshire
 7
 10
 10
 9


 West Lothian 
 3
 3
 9
 5


 Other7
 18
 13
 12
 13


 Scotland4
 262
 268
 293
 354



  Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Police Force Area, 2000-03.

  

 Police Force Area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 20035


 
 Serious Assault etc8


 Central 
 60
 59
 90
 86


 Dumfries and Galloway
 25
 31
 47
 35


 Fife 
 52
 78
 104
 62


 Grampian 
 73
 82
 82
 102


 Lothian and Borders 
 179
 181
 244
 238


 Northern 
 63
 48
 47
 73


 Strathclyde 
 590
 643
 646
 791


 Tayside 
 102
 100
 132
 106


 Scotland4
 1,145
 1,222
 1,392
 1,493


 
 Robbery


 Central 
 20
 27
 23
 32


 Dumfries and Galloway
 17
 22
 19
 14


 Fife 
 36
 41
 38
 49


 Grampian 
 33
 50
 51
 70


 Lothian and Borders 
 83
 79
 102
 70


 Northern 
 2
 6
 6
 5


 Strathclyde 
 405
 383
 356
 362


 Tayside 
 29
 22
 30
 29


 Scotland4
 625
 632
 625
 631


 
 Other Non-Sexual Crimes Of Violence


 Central 
 6
 6
 9
 8


 Dumfries and Galloway
 4
 4
 1
 1


 Fife 
 6
 8
 10
 9


 Grampian 
 14
 8
 12
 15


 Lothian and Borders 
 30
 19
 32
 49


 Northern 
 8
 10
 8
 6


 Strathclyde 
 87
 98
 123
 152


 Tayside 
 33
 28
 25
 23


 Scotland4
 188
 181
 220
 263



  Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Approximate Local Authority Area6, 2000-03

  

 Local authority area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 20035


 
 Serious Assault etc8


 Aberdeen City 
 41
 35
 36
 61


 Aberdeenshire 
 5
 8
 20
 17


 Angus 
 31
 27
 25
 23


 Argyll and Bute 
 9
 10
 7
 10


 Clackmannanshire 
 12
 11
 15
 14


 Dumfries and Galloway
 22
 26
 34
 29


 Dundee City 
 35
 43
 48
 57


 East Ayrshire 
 38
 42
 37
 63


 East Lothian 
 7
 3
 8
 18


 Edinburgh, City of 
 84
 97
 127
 126


 Eilean Siar 
 2
 2
 -
 8


 Falkirk 
 24
 20
 32
 42


 Fife 
 51
 63
 82
 55


 Glasgow City 
 164
 226
 241
 317


 Highland 
 47
 35
 29
 44


 Inverclyde 
 14
 14
 22
 28


 Moray 
 10
 13
 13
 6


 North Lanarkshire 
 35
 28
 31
 34


 Orkney Islands 
 2
 1
 1
 3


 Perth and Kinross 
 15
 14
 26
 14


 Renfrewshire 
 31
 43
 51
 50


 Scottish Borders 
 17
 27
 32
 20


 Shetland Islands 
 -
 1
 7
 4


 South Ayrshire 
 19
 19
 22
 11


 South Lanarkshire 
 82
 72
 48
 92


 Stirling 
 19
 19
 26
 14


 West Dunbartonshire
 15
 20
 20
 31


 West Lothian 
 16
 21
 34
 34


 Other 7
 298
 282
 318
 268


 Scotland4
 1,145
 1,222
 1,392
 1,493


 
 Robbery


 Aberdeen City 
 22
 33
 24
 43


 Aberdeenshire 
 -
 5
 5
 8


 Angus 
 3
 3
 8
 2


 Argyll and Bute 
 -
 -
 2
 1


 Clackmannanshire 
 3
 5
 5
 9


 Dumfries and Galloway
 16
 15
 14
 12


 Dundee City 
 8
 9
 11
 15


 East Ayrshire 
 31
 34
 41
 36


 East Lothian 
 -
 3
 7
 3


 Edinburgh, City of 
 47
 46
 70
 42


 Falkirk 
 3
 9
 8
 10


 Fife 
 31
 30
 31
 39


 Glasgow City 
 132
 121
 120
 132


 Highland 
 2
 2
 6
 5


 Inverclyde 
 9
 9
 6
 19


 Moray 
 -
 2
 2
 2


 North Lanarkshire 
 10
 9
 9
 9


 Perth and Kinross 
 8
 5
 7
 6


 Renfrewshire 
 18
 31
 29
 27


 Scottish Borders 
 1
 4
 -
 5


 Shetland Islands 
 -
 1
 -
 -


 South Ayrshire 
 10
 11
 12
 12


 South Lanarkshire 
 30
 23
 36
 30


 Stirling 
 5
 8
 3
 5


 West Dunbartonshire
 17
 7
 12
 16


 West Lothian 
 4
 2
 10
 7


 Other 7
 215
 205
 147
 136


 Scotland4
 625
 632
 625
 631


 
 Other Non-Sexual Crimes of Violence


 Aberdeen City 
 4
 3
 7
 11


 Aberdeenshire 
 3
 3
 -
 4


 Angus 
 5
 5
 2
 7


 Argyll and Bute 
 3
 1
 4
 6


 Clackmannanshire 
 1
 3
 2
 1


 Dumfries and Galloway
 4
 3
 1
 1


 Dundee City 
 21
 14
 12
 12


 East Ayrshire 
 12
 9
 14
 5


 East Lothian 
 3
 3
 -
 3


 Edinburgh, City of 
 18
 12
 15
 32


 Falkirk 
 3
 3
 4
 5


 Fife 
 6
 6
 10
 8


 Glasgow City 
 25
 48
 37
 75


 Highland 
 8
 8
 7
 4


 Inverclyde 
 1
 5
 6
 6


 Moray 
 7
 2
 3
 -


 North Lanarkshire 
 4
 6
 11
 8


 Orkney Islands 
 -
 1
 1
 1


 Perth and Kinross 
 7
 7
 7
 4


 Renfrewshire 
 5
 4
 9
 10


 Scottish Borders 
 2
 1
 7
 7


 Shetland Islands 
 -
 1
 -
 -


 South Ayrshire 
 9
 10
 11
 9


 South Lanarkshire 
 15
 10
 22
 26


 Stirling 
 2
 -
 3
 2


 West Dunbartonshire
 5
 3
 8
 5


 West Lothian 
 3
 3
 9
 3


 Other 7
 12
 7
 8
 8


 Scotland4
 188
 181
 220
 263



  Notes:

  1. Trends in the recorded crime figures between 2003 and 2004 have been affected by the introduction in April 2004 of the Scottish Crime Recording Standard. As anticipated, this increased the numbers of minor crimes recorded by the police, such as vandalism, petty assault, breach of the peace and minor thefts.

  2. Figures for persons proceeded against may be underestimates due to recording delays.

  3. Where main offence.

  4. Scotland totals for court proceedings statistics may contain a small number of cases where the police force area and/or local authority area are unknown.

  5. Includes estimated data.

  6. Incorporates an approximate mapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courts will deal with cases from more than one local authority area. Some local authority areas, including East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Midlothian and North Ayrshire, do not contain a sheriff court.

  7. Includes High Court cases and those where court location is not known.

  8. Includes serious assault, attempted murder and homicide.

Justice

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) recorded cases of, (b) prosecutions for and (c) convictions for (i) housebreaking, (ii) theft by opening a lockfast place, (iii) theft from a motor vehicle, (iv) theft of a motor vehicle, (v) shoplifting, (vi) other theft, (vii) fraud and (viii) other crimes of dishonesty there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by (1) police force and (2) local authority area.

Cathy Jamieson: The available information is given in the following tables. The court proceedings statistics for 2004-05 are scheduled for publication in March 2006.

  The statistics dealing with recorded crime and court proceedings are not directly comparable as a person may be proceeded against for more than one crime involving more than one victim and there is the possibility that the crime recorded by the police may be altered in the course of judicial proceedings. Also a crime may be recorded by the police in one year and court proceedings concluded in a subsequent year.

  Selected Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, by Police Force Area, 2000-041

  

 Police Force Area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 2003
 2004


 
 Housebreaking


 Central
 2,173
 1,833
 1,891
 1,815
 1,693


 Dumfries and Galloway
 1,128
 755
 1,070
 759
 649


 Fife
 3,387
 3,312
 3,067
 3,416
 3,367


 Grampian
 7,067
 5,508
 5,409
 4,181
 3,915


 Lothian and Borders
 6,378
 6,032
 6,384
 5,795
 6,335


 Northern
 875
 706
 792
 786
 745


 Strathclyde
 24,393
 23,185
 21,480
 17,775
 16,879


 Tayside
 3,311
 3,537
 3,715
 2,219
 2,432


 Scotland
 48,712
 44,868
 43,808
 36,746
 36,015


 
 Theft by Opening a Lockfast Place


 Central
 410
 553
 673
 582
 399


 Dumfries and Galloway
 168
 113
 117
 166
 315


 Fife
 687
 631
 632
 682
 807


 Grampian
 1,703
 1,421
 1,264
 1,137
 1,164


 Lothian and Borders
 1,787
 2,016
 1,852
 1,454
 1,577


 Northern
 453
 387
 370
 363
 317


 Strathclyde
 5,636
 2,861
 2,483
 2,511
 2,844


 Tayside
 461
 488
 483
 499
 539


 Scotland
 11,305
 8,470
 7,874
 7,394
 7,962


 
 Theft from a Motor Vehicle


 Central
 875
 719
 693
 738
 612


 Dumfries and Galloway
 321
 220
 423
 448
 192


 Fife
 2,632
 2,416
 2,295
 2,430
 2,159


 Grampian
 3,649
 3,224
 3,095
 2,411
 2,072


 Lothian and Borders
 5,525
 5,420
 6,026
 6,545
 5,064


 Northern
 240
 294
 188
 167
 129


 Strathclyde
 17,935
 16,445
 17,067
 13,034
 10,508


 Tayside
 2,557
 2,541
 2,339
 1,494
 1,368


 Scotland
 33,734
 31,279
 32,126
 27,267
 22,104


 
 Theft of a Motor Vehicle


 Central
 831
 753
 757
 672
 675


 Dumfries and Galloway
 213
 251
 399
 321
 238


 Fife
 1,495
 1,250
 1,459
 1,225
 1,170


 Grampian
 1,820
 1,694
 1,778
 1,320
 1,111


 Lothian and Borders
 4,913
 4,132
 4,210
 3,940
 3,629


 Northern
 527
 588
 464
 481
 363


 Strathclyde
 14,393
 12,507
 11,778
 8,780
 8,172


 Tayside
 2,046
 2,033
 1,650
 1,104
 961


 Scotland
 26,238
 23,208
 22,495
 17,843
 16,319


 
 Shoplifting


 Central
 1,654
 1,487
 1,468
 1,371
 1,511


 Dumfries and Galloway
 645
 548
 706
 716
 608


 Fife
 1,796
 1,773
 1,813
 2,050
 2,290


 Grampian
 3,209
 2,845
 2,873
 2,537
 2,987


 Lothian and Borders
 5,651
 5,548
 5,011
 4,777
 4,848


 Northern
 694
 959
 812
 824
 951


 Strathclyde
 16,247
 16,017
 14,346
 13,085
 13,307


 Tayside
 2,447
 2,398
 2,512
 2,316
 2,823


 Scotland
 32,343
 31,575
 29,541
 27,676
 29,325


 
 Other Theft


 Central
 3,088
 2,755
 3,006
 3,207
 3,292


 Dumfries and Galloway
 1,773
 1,563
 1,767
 2,056
 1,777


 Fife
 4,910
 5,036
 5,597
 6,026
 6,950


 Grampian
 10,256
 9,400
 8,901
 8,208
 9,049


 Lothian and Borders
 17,695
 16,771
 17,483
 17,714
 18,022


 Northern
 2,790
 2,441
 2,634
 2,682
 2,850


 Strathclyde
 31,989
 31,040
 28,857
 26,331
 30,095


 Tayside
 5,559
 5,716
 6,758
 5,719
 5,894


 Scotland
 78,060
 74,722
 75,003
 71,943
 77,929


 
 Fraud


 Central
 644
 808
 1,160
 1,293
 915


 Dumfries and Galloway
 307
 423
 491
 491
 584


 Fife
 1,781
 1,264
 1,240
 1,264
 1,404


 Grampian
 3,436
 3,015
 2,013
 1,446
 1,583


 Lothian and Borders
 6,532
 4,920
 5,082
 4,295
 6,664


 Northern
 994
 710
 1,081
 779
 813


 Strathclyde
 6,574
 5,659
 4,838
 4,649
 4,428


 Tayside
 920
 611
 722
 883
 1,096


 Scotland
 21,188
 17,410
 16,627
 15,100
 17,487


 
 Other Crimes of Dishonesty


 Central
 350
 545
 527
 436
 486


 Dumfries and Galloway
 126
 133
 359
 200
 197


 Fife
 370
 464
 548
 580
 743


 Grampian
 874
 965
 994
 866
 872


 Lothian and Borders
 3,893
 2,932
 2,309
 1,564
 1,645


 Northern
 358
 378
 406
 271
 282


 Strathclyde
 2,693
 2,594
 2,548
 2,366
 2,393


 Tayside
 692
 349
 503
 622
 588


 Scotland
 9,356
 8,360
 8,194
 6,905
 7,206



  Selected Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, by Local Authority Area, 2000-041

  

 Local Authority Area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 2003
 2004


 
 Housebreaking


 Aberdeen City
 5,127
 3,882
 4,071
 3,036
 2,662


 Aberdeenshire
 1,372
 1,112
 954
 846
 853


 Angus
 637
 546
 540
 358
 356


 Argyll and Bute
 517
 484
 439
 432
 419


 Clackmannanshire
 435
 430
 406
 253
 266


 Dumfries and Galloway
 1,128
 755
 1,070
 759
 649


 Dundee City
 2,009
 2,231
 2,470
 1,268
 1,584


 East Ayrshire
 1,672
 1,503
 1,257
 1,054
 920


 East Dunbartonshire
 856
 697
 702
 496
 462


 East Lothian
 334
 354
 441
 357
 350


 East Renfrewshire
 659
 601
 592
 656
 453


 Edinburgh, City of
 4,160
 3,920
 3,896
 3,765
 4,431


 Eilean Siar
 46
 42
 31
 38
 27


 Falkirk
 1,084
 937
 1,017
 1,048
 948


 Fife
 3,387
 3,312
 3,067
 3,416
 3,367


 Glasgow City
 9,276
 8,468
 8,076
 6,472
 6,139


 Highland
 732
 574
 711
 710
 680


 Inverclyde
 780
 693
 970
 891
 756


 Midlothian
 423
 439
 632
 601
 469


 Moray
 568
 514
 384
 299
 400


 North Ayrshire
 1,410
 1,599
 1,387
 1,108
 1,074


 North Lanarkshire
 2,596
 2,812
 2,172
 1,738
 1,799


 Orkney Islands
 15
 23
 23
 18
 19


 Perth and Kinross
 665
 760
 705
 593
 492


 Renfrewshire
 2,204
 2,183
 1,831
 1,556
 1,707


 Scottish Borders
 375
 309
 313
 303
 329


 Shetland Islands
 82
 67
 27
 20
 19


 South Ayrshire
 893
 840
 738
 803
 656


 South Lanarkshire
 2,454
 2,441
 2,305
 1,725
 1,768


 Stirling
 654
 466
 468
 514
 479


 West Dunbartonshire
 1,076
 864
 1,011
 844
 726


 West Lothian
 1,086
 1,010
 1,102
 769
 756


 Scotland
 48,712
 44,868
 43,808
 36,746
 36,015


 
 Theft by Opening a Lockfast Place


 Aberdeen City
 1,144
 969
 936
 792
 740


 Aberdeenshire
 393
 316
 241
 276
 320


 Angus
 84
 123
 81
 65
 63


 Argyll and Bute
 260
 114
 109
 118
 142


 Clackmannanshire
 57
 92
 67
 82
 73


 Dumfries and Galloway
 168
 113
 117
 166
 315


 Dundee City
 210
 181
 237
 281
 272


 East Ayrshire
 349
 120
 94
 93
 131


 East Dunbartonshire
 134
 64
 72
 57
 61


 East Lothian
 145
 117
 84
 97
 156


 East Renfrewshire
 72
 33
 39
 40
 66


 Edinburgh, City of
 994
 1,413
 1,322
 915
 894


 Eilean Siar
 10
 5
 19
 16
 12


 Falkirk
 225
 317
 375
 307
 221


 Fife
 687
 631
 632
 682
 807


 Glasgow City
 2,139
 1,045
 959
 918
 1,038


 Highland
 423
 374
 348
 345
 285


 Inverclyde
 206
 152
 100
 130
 110


 Midlothian
 238
 88
 117
 131
 168


 Moray
 166
 136
 87
 69
 104


 North Ayrshire
 308
 128
 135
 119
 107


 North Lanarkshire
 660
 362
 290
 309
 365


 Orkney Islands
 7
 2
 -
 1
 7


 Perth and Kinross
 167
 184
 165
 153
 204


 Renfrewshire
 411
 331
 208
 264
 303


 Scottish Borders
 113
 151
 107
 114
 140


 Shetland Islands
 13
 6
 3
 1
 13


 South Ayrshire
 340
 137
 112
 140
 125


 South Lanarkshire
 483
 253
 237
 203
 307


 Stirling
 128
 144
 231
 193
 105


 West Dunbartonshire
 274
 122
 128
 120
 89


 West Lothian
 297
 247
 222
 197
 219


 Scotland
 11,305
 8,470
 7,874
 7,394
 7,962


 
 Theft from a Motor Vehicle


 Aberdeen City
 3,107
 2,778
 2,762
 2,171
 1,887


 Aberdeenshire
 363
 264
 249
 168
 121


 Angus
 280
 276
 202
 120
 103


 Argyll and Bute
 142
 112
 145
 88
 81


 Clackmannanshire
 205
 176
 176
 114
 85


 Dumfries and Galloway
 321
 220
 423
 448
 192


 Dundee City
 1,867
 1,791
 1,741
 1,098
 1,096


 East Ayrshire
 598
 716
 810
 647
 456


 East Dunbartonshire
 402
 459
 246
 249
 247


 East Lothian
 267
 188
 204
 246
 161


 East Renfrewshire
 656
 506
 573
 441
 301


 Edinburgh, City of
 4,113
 4,219
 4,536
 5,085
 3,904


 Eilean Siar
 -
 5
 4
 2
 2


 Falkirk
 446
 293
 306
 423
 369


 Fife
 2,632
 2,416
 2,295
 2,430
 2,159


 Glasgow City
 9,077
 7,855
 8,363
 6,488
 4,745


 Highland
 238
 288
 178
 164
 123


 Inverclyde
 436
 479
 391
 391
 461


 Midlothian
 252
 281
 348
 383
 320


 Moray
 179
 182
 84
 72
 64


 North Ayrshire
 548
 579
 531
 525
 425


 North Lanarkshire
 2,022
 1,930
 1,930
 994
 1,076


 Orkney Islands
 -
 -
 -
 1
 2


 Perth and Kinross
 410
 474
 396
 276
 169


 Renfrewshire
 1,373
 1,798
 1,600
 1,703
 1,380


 Scottish Borders
 94
 87
 144
 151
 104


 Shetland Islands
 2
 1
 6
 -
 2


 South Ayrshire
 380
 272
 379
 319
 222


 South Lanarkshire
 1,710
 1,390
 1,730
 968
 840


 Stirling
 224
 250
 211
 201
 158


 West Dunbartonshire
 591
 349
 369
 221
 274


 West Lothian
 799
 645
 794
 680
 575


 Scotland
 33,734
 31,279
 32,126
 27,267
 22,104


 
 Theft of a Motor Vehicle


 Aberdeen City
 1,163
 1,061
 1,204
 915
 760


 Aberdeenshire
 394
 308
 351
 280
 217


 Angus
 264
 286
 238
 193
 174


 Argyll and Bute
 177
 143
 177
 143
 173


 Clackmannanshire
 107
 111
 98
 89
 97


 Dumfries and Galloway
 213
 251
 399
 321
 238


 Dundee City
 1,370
 1,354
 1,089
 644
 600


 East Ayrshire
 694
 594
 855
 563
 488


 East Dunbartonshire
 453
 395
 309
 258
 243


 East Lothian
 202
 172
 247
 231
 159


 East Renfrewshire
 278
 216
 226
 169
 172


 Edinburgh, City of
 3,266
 2,845
 2,708
 2,717
 2,551


 Eilean Siar
 30
 52
 42
 63
 46


 Falkirk
 542
 459
 498
 438
 417


 Fife
 1,495
 1,250
 1,459
 1,225
 1,170


 Glasgow City
 5,013
 4,356
 4,180
 3,261
 2,739


 Highland
 443
 505
 390
 389
 287


 Inverclyde
 610
 706
 478
 394
 521


 Midlothian
 280
 248
 351
 341
 273


 Moray
 263
 325
 223
 125
 134


 North Ayrshire
 526
 665
 581
 435
 385


 North Lanarkshire
 2,720
 2,325
 1,741
 1,350
 1,384


 Orkney Islands
 24
 23
 22
 11
 13


 Perth and Kinross
 412
 393
 323
 267
 187


 Renfrewshire
 1,164
 1,037
 863
 718
 719


 Scottish Borders
 144
 120
 168
 159
 138


 Shetland Islands
 30
 8
 10
 18
 17


 South Ayrshire
 276
 232
 282
 212
 221


 South Lanarkshire
 1,910
 1,444
 1,594
 953
 846


 Stirling
 182
 183
 161
 145
 161


 West Dunbartonshire
 572
 394
 492
 324
 281


 West Lothian
 1,021
 747
 736
 492
 508


 Scotland
 26,238
 23,208
 22,495
 17,843
 16,319


 
 Shoplifting


 Aberdeen City
 2,333
 2,120
 2,258
 1,810
 2,070


 Aberdeenshire
 557
 452
 416
 480
 588


 Angus
 341
 358
 342
 275
 344


 Argyll and Bute
 198
 262
 201
 200
 203


 Clackmannanshire
 184
 187
 196
 139
 200


 Dumfries and Galloway
 645
 548
 706
 716
 608


 Dundee City
 1,464
 1,390
 1,506
 1,362
 1,792


 East Ayrshire
 679
 620
 636
 481
 578


 East Dunbartonshire
 487
 397
 381
 333
 339


 East Lothian
 210
 218
 284
 154
 129


 East Renfrewshire
 144
 164
 156
 193
 188


 Edinburgh, City of
 4,052
 3,877
 3,329
 3,116
 3,308


 Eilean Siar
 26
 21
 36
 24
 28


 Falkirk
 827
 851
 809
 809
 845


 Fife
 1,796
 1,773
 1,813
 2,050
 2,290


 Glasgow City
 7,658
 7,194
 6,564
 5,435
 5,578


 Highland
 641
 912
 770
 777
 883


 Inverclyde
 523
 647
 580
 476
 500


 Midlothian
 268
 290
 249
 302
 284


 Moray
 319
 273
 199
 247
 329


 North Ayrshire
 748
 807
 830
 873
 746


 North Lanarkshire
 1,692
 1,628
 1,377
 1,382
 1,302


 Orkney Islands
 13
 9
 3
 12
 20


 Perth and Kinross
 642
 650
 664
 679
 687


 Renfrewshire
 936
 1,132
 880
 1,041
 1,141


 Scottish Borders
 289
 364
 270
 317
 268


 Shetland Islands
 14
 17
 3
 11
 20


 South Ayrshire
 800
 882
 583
 631
 740


 South Lanarkshire
 1,247
 1,250
 1,148
 1,150
 1,140


 Stirling
 643
 449
 463
 423
 466


 West Dunbartonshire
 1,135
 1,034
 1,010
 890
 852


 West Lothian
 832
 799
 879
 888
 859


 Scotland
 32,343
 31,575
 29,541
 27,676
 29,325


 
 Other Theft


 Aberdeen City
 6,938
 6,173
 6,194
 5,221
 5,421


 Aberdeenshire
 2,258
 2,083
 1,882
 2,174
 2,469


 Angus
 1,160
 1,322
 1,384
 1,228
 1,196


 Argyll and Bute
 677
 711
 714
 751
 927


 Clackmannanshire
 537
 412
 490
 588
 489


 Dumfries and Galloway
 1,773
 1,563
 1,767
 2,056
 1,777


 Dundee City
 2,904
 2,784
 3,473
 2,770
 3,042


 East Ayrshire
 1,321
 1,470
 1,243
 1,119
 1,324


 East Dunbartonshire
 961
 856
 736
 706
 751


 East Lothian
 876
 773
 1,004
 939
 971


 East Renfrewshire
 804
 672
 651
 665
 751


 Edinburgh, City of
 12,906
 12,222
 12,195
 12,777
 12,687


 Eilean Siar
 89
 136
 172
 121
 146


 Falkirk
 1,612
 1,519
 1,563
 1,569
 1,699


 Fife
 4,910
 5,036
 5,597
 6,026
 6,950


 Glasgow City
 13,620
 12,761
 11,921
 10,902
 12,144


 Highland
 2,531
 2,161
 2,291
 2,350
 2,463


 Inverclyde
 810
 870
 779
 907
 958


 Midlothian
 942
 872
 977
 1,141
 1,223


 Moray
 1,060
 1,144
 825
 813
 1,159


 North Ayrshire
 1,596
 1,705
 1,634
 1,392
 1,670


 North Lanarkshire
 3,975
 3,968
 3,419
 2,996
 3,478


 Orkney Islands
 82
 59
 68
 89
 118


 Perth and Kinross
 1,495
 1,610
 1,901
 1,721
 1,656


 Renfrewshire
 2,595
 2,578
 2,407
 2,244
 2,694


 Scottish Borders
 785
 790
 972
 913
 1,021


 Shetland Islands
 88
 85
 103
 122
 123


 South Ayrshire
 1,212
 1,374
 1,234
 1,067
 1,319


 South Lanarkshire
 3,140
 2,823
 2,900
 2,528
 2,820


 Stirling
 939
 824
 953
 1,050
 1,104


 West Dunbartonshire
 1,278
 1,252
 1,219
 1,054
 1,259


 West Lothian
 2,186
 2,114
 2,335
 1,944
 2,120


 Scotland
 78,060
 74,722
 75,003
 71,943
 77,929


 
 Fraud


 Aberdeen City
 2,491
 2,131
 1,398
 897
 1,028


 Aberdeenshire
 678
 556
 420
 385
 364


 Angus
 226
 109
 145
 170
 164


 Argyll and Bute
 146
 184
 109
 160
 126


 Clackmannanshire
 84
 81
 156
 255
 201


 Dumfries and Galloway
 307
 423
 491
 491
 584


 Dundee City
 511
 337
 367
 402
 665


 East Ayrshire
 371
 258
 269
 157
 167


 East Dunbartonshire
 122
 76
 121
 91
 87


 East Lothian
 383
 261
 157
 117
 259


 East Renfrewshire
 112
 98
 45
 55
 70


 Edinburgh, City of
 3,885
 3,314
 3,170
 3,273
 3,629


 Eilean Siar
 6
 8
 10
 12
 28


 Falkirk
 360
 400
 645
 613
 441


 Fife
 1,781
 1,264
 1,240
 1,264
 1,404


 Glasgow City
 2,437
 2,133
 1,951
 1,895
 1,536


 Highland
 928
 632
 981
 667
 749


 Inverclyde
 293
 233
 165
 188
 141


 Midlothian
 382
 314
 237
 142
 1,814


 Moray
 267
 328
 195
 164
 191


 North Ayrshire
 393
 432
 271
 157
 165


 North Lanarkshire
 771
 606
 532
 553
 465


 Orkney Islands
 32
 46
 31
 41
 17


 Perth and Kinross
 183
 165
 210
 311
 267


 Renfrewshire
 607
 515
 334
 348
 430


 Scottish Borders
 763
 318
 428
 249
 256


 Shetland Islands
 28
 24
 59
 59
 19


 South Ayrshire
 508
 360
 272
 261
 216


 South Lanarkshire
 529
 473
 509
 611
 765


 Stirling
 200
 327
 359
 425
 273


 West Dunbartonshire
 285
 291
 260
 173
 260


 West Lothian
 1,119
 713
 1,090
 514
 706


 Scotland
 21,188
 17,410
 16,627
 15,100
 17,487


 
 Other Crimes of Dishonesty


 Aberdeen City
 572
 695
 786
 536
 546


 Aberdeenshire
 210
 179
 120
 228
 258


 Angus
 107
 67
 96
 93
 82


 Argyll and Bute
 78
 57
 73
 54
 56


 Clackmannanshire
 74
 88
 72
 87
 80


 Dumfries and Galloway
 126
 133
 359
 200
 197


 Dundee City
 405
 181
 261
 354
 336


 East Ayrshire
 122
 120
 130
 122
 86


 East Dunbartonshire
 58
 51
 66
 69
 47


 East Lothian
 232
 237
 224
 107
 91


 East Renfrewshire
 74
 58
 61
 48
 70


 Edinburgh, City of
 2,971
 1,991
 1,377
 988
 1,006


 Eilean Siar
 3
 5
 29
 32
 17


 Falkirk
 157
 252
 263
 208
 280


 Fife
 370
 464
 548
 580
 743


 Glasgow City
 1,244
 1,129
 1,113
 962
 921


 Highland
 322
 355
 353
 202
 250


 Inverclyde
 87
 77
 78
 94
 84


 Midlothian
 193
 201
 163
 141
 98


 Moray
 92
 91
 88
 102
 68


 North Ayrshire
 142
 141
 175
 156
 156


 North Lanarkshire
 279
 248
 232
 233
 268


 Orkney Islands
 17
 6
 5
 22
 7


 Perth and Kinross
 180
 101
 146
 175
 170


 Renfrewshire
 169
 188
 188
 200
 240


 Scottish Borders
 181
 297
 214
 145
 286


 Shetland Islands
 16
 12
 19
 15
 8


 South Ayrshire
 107
 93
 88
 101
 92


 South Lanarkshire
 225
 212
 228
 220
 264


 Stirling
 119
 205
 192
 141
 126


 West Dunbartonshire
 108
 220
 116
 107
 109


 West Lothian
 316
 206
 331
 183
 164


 Scotland
 9,356
 8,360
 8,194
 6,905
 7,206



  Persons Proceeded Against2 in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Police Force Area, 2000-03

  

 Police Force Area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 20035


 
 Housebreaking


 Central 
 124
 184
 179
 174


 Dumfries and Galloway
 128
 118
 112
 104


 Fife 
 327
 371
 308
 295


 Grampian 
 480
 469
 394
 398


 Lothian and Borders 
 444
 385
 475
 414


 Northern 
 82
 108
 86
 115


 Strathclyde 
 1,379
 1,417
 1,250
 1,155


 Tayside 
 249
 239
 298
 263


 Scotland4
 3,213
 3,291
 3,102
 2,918


 
 Theft by Opening a Lockfast Place8


 Central 
 65
 75
 88
 80


 Dumfries and Galloway
 35
 28
 26
 41


 Fife 
 167
 157
 171
 128


 Grampian 
 189
 148
 148
 139


 Lothian and Borders 
 198
 259
 227
 190


 Northern 
 41
 31
 42
 34


 Strathclyde 
 1,107
 1,039
 834
 714


 Tayside 
 155
 139
 144
 134


 Scotland4
 1,957
 1,876
 1,680
 1,460


 
 Theft of a Motor Vehicle


 Central 
 122
 62
 76
 54


 Dumfries and Galloway
 29
 34
 58
 64


 Fife 
 156
 156
 122
 103


 Grampian 
 235
 166
 128
 137


 Lothian and Borders 
 317
 283
 303
 246


 Northern 
 83
 64
 63
 86


 Strathclyde 
 1,238
 1,106
 760
 661


 Tayside 
 130
 163
 170
 127


 Scotland4
 2,310
 2,034
 1,680
 1,478


 
 Shoplifting


 Central 
 520
 674
 632
 504


 Dumfries and Galloway
 216
 192
 227
 252


 Fife 
 527
 562
 483
 452


 Grampian 
 871
 960
 1,024
 913


 Lothian and Borders 
 1,262
 1,247
 1,409
 1,240


 Northern 
 174
 215
 275
 257


 Strathclyde 
 3,913
 4,211
 4,519
 4,010


 Tayside 
 772
 885
 900
 879


 Scotland4
 8,255
 8,946
 9,469
 8,507


 
 Other Theft


 Central 
 276
 307
 319
 249


 Dumfries and Galloway
 220
 201
 226
 169


 Fife 
 306
 313
 293
 286


 Grampian 
 517
 490
 420
 454


 Lothian and Borders 
 704
 706
 722
 609


 Northern 
 190
 184
 207
 220


 Strathclyde 
 2,670
 2,577
 1,840
 1,641


 Tayside 
 428
 414
 390
 430


 Scotland4
 5,311
 5,192
 4,417
 4,058


 
 Fraud


 Central 
 87
 87
 99
 115


 Dumfries and Galloway
 61
 55
 63
 63


 Fife 
 127
 129
 94
 88


 Grampian 
 205
 173
 150
 145


 Lothian and Borders 
 326
 335
 413
 368


 Northern 
 79
 65
 80
 73


 Strathclyde 
 772
 860
 578
 568


 Tayside 
 180
 156
 143
 148


 Scotland4
 1,837
 1,860
 1,620
 1,568


 
 Other Crimes of Dishonesty


 Central 
 94
 130
 129
 104


 Dumfries and Galloway
 43
 59
 62
 62


 Fife 
 97
 149
 117
 107


 Grampian 
 209
 226
 263
 217


 Lothian and Borders 
 353
 359
 391
 305


 Northern 
 60
 67
 75
 86


 Strathclyde 
 1,196
 1,169
 902
 855


 Tayside 
 233
 257
 237
 299


 Scotland4
 2,285
 2,416
 2,176
 2,035



  Persons Proceeded Against2 In Scottish Courts For Selected Crimes And Offences3, By Approximate Local Authority Area6, 2000-03

  

 Local Authority Area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 20035


 
 Housebreaking


 Aberdeen City 
 333
 332
 266
 312


 Aberdeenshire 
 77
 89
 92
 69


 Angus 
 54
 51
 66
 52


 Argyll and Bute 
 41
 38
 31
 30


 Clackmannanshire 
 27
 36
 40
 50


 Dumfries and Galloway
 126
 118
 112
 104


 Dundee City 
 116
 118
 147
 134


 East Ayrshire 
 177
 140
 175
 128


 East Lothian 
 19
 21
 22
 45


 Edinburgh, City of 
 304
 245
 306
 275


 Eilean Siar 
 3
 8
 2
 9


 Falkirk 
 66
 107
 99
 81


 Fife 
 327
 371
 307
 294


 Glasgow City 
 466
 557
 470
 447


 Highland 
 67
 76
 79
 88


 Inverclyde 
 100
 69
 54
 65


 Midlothian 
 -
 -
 3
 -


 Moray 
 70
 47
 36
 16


 North Ayrshire 
 2
 -
 -
 -


 North Lanarkshire 
 59
 74
 67
 41


 Orkney Islands 
 5
 14
 3
 4


 Perth and Kinross 
 79
 70
 83
 77


 Renfrewshire 
 163
 150
 139
 124


 Scottish Borders 
 47
 48
 61
 30


 Shetland Islands 
 7
 10
 2
 14


 South Ayrshire 
 109
 120
 111
 81


 South Lanarkshire 
 150
 153
 151
 162


 Stirling 
 30
 41
 40
 43


 West Dunbartonshire
 108
 115
 48
 73


 West Lothian 
 72
 69
 81
 64


 Other7
 9
 3
 8
 6


 Scotland4
 3,213
 3,291
 3,102
 2,918


 
 Theft by Opening a Lockfast Place8


 Aberdeen City 
 160
 119
 125
 113


 Aberdeenshire 
 13
 17
 16
 23


 Angus 
 33
 17
 37
 17


 Argyll and Bute 
 11
 12
 4
 8


 Clackmannanshire 
 7
 11
 20
 18


 Dumfries and Galloway
 35
 28
 26
 41


 Dundee City 
 92
 90
 84
 85


 East Ayrshire 
 80
 81
 71
 69


 East Dunbartonshire
 0
 0
 1
 0


 East Lothian 
 5
 13
 17
 14


 East Renfrewshire 
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Edinburgh, City of 
 144
 179
 148
 127


 Eilean Siar 
 -
 -
 2
 -


 Falkirk 
 37
 42
 47
 42


 Fife 
 167
 156
 170
 128


 Glasgow City 
 564
 525
 418
 357


 Highland 
 38
 29
 38
 34


 Inverclyde 
 36
 39
 29
 28


 Midlothian 
 1
 2
 0
 1


 Moray 
 16
 11
 7
 3


 North Ayrshire 
 -
 1
 -
 -


 North Lanarkshire 
 39
 40
 33
 31


 Orkney Islands 
 -
 1
 -
 -


 Perth and Kinross 
 30
 32
 23
 32


 Renfrewshire 
 120
 115
 102
 81


 Scottish Borders 
 8
 15
 16
 16


 Shetland Islands 
 3
 1
 2
 0


 South Ayrshire 
 33
 32
 32
 30


 South Lanarkshire 
 161
 126
 105
 86


 Stirling 
 21
 22
 20
 20


 West Dunbartonshire
 63
 68
 39
 24


 West Lothian 
 40
 50
 46
 32


 Other7
 -
 2
 -
 -


 Scotland4
 1,957
 1,876
 1,680
 1,460


 
 Theft of a Motor Vehicle


 Aberdeen City 
 166
 109
 72
 98


 Aberdeenshire 
 26
 25
 30
 16


 Angus 
 29
 20
 33
 15


 Argyll and Bute 
 19
 21
 13
 12


 Clackmannanshire 
 22
 12
 9
 11


 Dumfries and Galloway
 29
 34
 58
 64


 Dundee City 
 77
 91
 100
 87


 East Ayrshire 
 97
 103
 69
 70


 East Lothian 
 17
 10
 22
 22


 Edinburgh, City of 
 194
 201
 201
 150


 Eilean Siar 
 8
 7
 7
 10


 Falkirk 
 57
 29
 52
 30


 Fife 
 156
 156
 122
 103


 Glasgow City 
 480
 420
 251
 243


 Highland 
 61
 54
 49
 65


 Inverclyde 
 44
 56
 34
 28


 Moray 
 43
 32
 25
 23


 North Lanarkshire 
 99
 94
 51
 24


 Orkney Islands 
 6
 3
 5
 7


 Perth and Kinross 
 23
 52
 37
 25


 Renfrewshire 
 124
 97
 84
 68


 Scottish Borders 
 21
 9
 23
 26


 Shetland Islands 
 8
 -
 2
 4


 South Ayrshire 
 42
 54
 33
 50


 South Lanarkshire 
 245
 190
 176
 128


 Stirling 
 43
 21
 15
 13


 West Dunbartonshire
 84
 71
 49
 38


 West Lothian 
 85
 63
 55
 47


 Other7
 3
 -
 2
 1


 Scotland4
 2,310
 2,034
 1,680
 1,478


 
 Shoplifting


 Aberdeen City 
 716
 779
 864
 749


 Aberdeenshire 
 105
 137
 118
 111


 Angus 
 86
 113
 109
 102


 Argyll and Bute 
 27
 30
 36
 31


 Clackmannanshire 
 52
 81
 76
 86


 Dumfries and Galloway
 216
 192
 227
 252


 Dundee City 
 500
 549
 580
 575


 East Ayrshire 
 313
 383
 385
 383


 East Dunbartonshire
 50
 57
 53
 46


 East Lothian 
 30
 30
 60
 47


 East Renfrewshire 
 19
 13
 10
 18


 Edinburgh, City of 
 1,049
 918
 1,045
 928


 Eilean Siar 
 7
 5
 6
 7


 Falkirk 
 272
 356
 363
 266


 Fife 
 527
 562
 483
 452


 Glasgow City 
 1,570
 1,566
 1,862
 1,499


 Highland 
 160
 206
 266
 246


 Inverclyde 
 244
 241
 327
 240


 Midlothian 
 31
 49
 46
 17


 Moray 
 50
 44
 42
 52


 North Ayrshire 
 38
 6
 28
 20


 North Lanarkshire 
 285
 409
 346
 304


 Orkney Islands 
 3
 2
 1
 1


 Perth and Kinross 
 186
 223
 210
 202


 Renfrewshire 
 362
 348
 302
 387


 Scottish Borders 
 34
 57
 58
 74


 Shetland Islands 
 4
 2
 2
 2


 South Ayrshire 
 356
 467
 427
 333


 South Lanarkshire 
 367
 375
 518
 488


 Stirling 
 196
 236
 193
 152


 West Dunbartonshire
 271
 315
 225
 257


 West Lothian 
 118
 193
 200
 174


 Other7
 -
 2
 -
 5


 Scotland4
 8,255
 8,946
 9,469
 8,507


 
 Other Theft


 Aberdeen City 
 342
 313
 244
 310


 Aberdeenshire 
 97
 125
 123
 95


 Angus 
 100
 79
 85
 96


 Argyll and Bute 
 70
 98
 50
 80


 Clackmannanshire 
 56
 51
 55
 60


 Dumfries and Galloway
 220
 199
 225
 169


 Dundee City 
 201
 186
 179
 223


 East Ayrshire 
 267
 298
 182
 186


 East Dunbartonshire
 15
 6
 5
 2


 East Lothian 
 33
 28
 45
 57


 East Renfrewshire 
 10
 12
 7
 2


 Edinburgh, City of 
 434
 429
 441
 357


 Eilean Siar 
 13
 6
 4
 12


 Falkirk 
 130
 168
 178
 99


 Fife 
 305
 313
 293
 286


 Glasgow City 
 965
 818
 551
 425


 Highland 
 154
 150
 188
 193


 Inverclyde 
 139
 93
 66
 69


 Midlothian 
 17
 25
 10
 14


 Moray 
 77
 52
 51
 49


 North Ayrshire 
 55
 52
 15
 17


 North Lanarkshire 
 258
 230
 188
 177


 Orkney Islands 
 11
 13
 6
 4


 Perth and Kinross 
 126
 149
 126
 108


 Renfrewshire 
 191
 235
 163
 144


 Scottish Borders 
 82
 77
 96
 78


 Shetland Islands 
 12
 15
 9
 9


 South Ayrshire 
 160
 153
 167
 171


 South Lanarkshire 
 294
 365
 319
 210


 Stirling 
 89
 87
 83
 89


 West Dunbartonshire
 239
 211
 122
 154


 West Lothian 
 136
 146
 127
 103


 Other7
 11
 5
 11
 5


 Scotland4
 5,311
 5,192
 4,417
 4,058


 
 Fraud


 Aberdeen City 
 117
 89
 86
 90


 Aberdeenshire 
 54
 53
 39
 35


 Angus 
 29
 35
 32
 35


 Argyll and Bute 
 16
 20
 17
 5


 Clackmannanshire 
 15
 14
 10
 22


 Dumfries and Galloway
 61
 55
 63
 63


 Dundee City 
 86
 76
 81
 85


 East Ayrshire 
 76
 71
 49
 60


 East Dunbartonshire
 2
 7
 -
 -


 East Lothian 
 11
 13
 14
 20


 East Renfrewshire 
 -
 1
 1
 -


 Edinburgh, City of 
 233
 236
 320
 275


 Eilean Siar 
 3
 3
 2
 3


 Falkirk 
 46
 49
 56
 53


 Fife 
 127
 129
 94
 88


 Glasgow City 
 227
 253
 187
 216


 Highland 
 68
 58
 69
 62


 Inverclyde 
 35
 27
 26
 19


 Midlothian 
 5
 3
 2
 7


 Moray 
 33
 31
 25
 20


 North Ayrshire 
 9
 9
 5
 11


 North Lanarkshire 
 51
 63
 44
 57


 Orkney Islands 
 3
 3
 4
 1


 Perth and Kinross 
 65
 45
 30
 28


 Renfrewshire 
 85
 102
 54
 46


 Scottish Borders 
 21
 32
 27
 28


 Shetland Islands 
 5
 1
 4
 7


 South Ayrshire 
 70
 95
 74
 53


 South Lanarkshire 
 140
 150
 95
 68


 Stirling 
 26
 24
 33
 40


 West Dunbartonshire
 57
 58
 24
 32


 West Lothian 
 51
 49
 48
 36


 Other7
 10
 6
 4
 3


 Scotland4
 1,837
 1,860
 1,620
 1,568


 
 Other Crimes of Dishonesty


 Aberdeen City 
 151
 159
 204
 167


 Aberdeenshire 
 32
 43
 38
 32


 Angus 
 40
 42
 57
 55


 Argyll and Bute 
 27
 25
 11
 17


 Clackmannanshire 
 19
 18
 15
 17


 Dumfries and Galloway
 43
 59
 62
 61


 Dundee City 
 137
 135
 114
 171


 East Ayrshire 
 107
 107
 77
 69


 East Dunbartonshire
 1
 -
 -
 -


 East Lothian 
 19
 17
 17
 18


 East Renfrewshire 
 1
 -
 -
 2


 Edinburgh, City of 
 277
 260
 272
 212


 Eilean Siar 
 3
 2
 4
 4


 Falkirk 
 45
 57
 73
 50


 Fife 
 97
 146
 117
 107


 Glasgow City 
 454
 441
 372
 339


 Highland 
 53
 59
 69
 75


 Inverclyde 
 74
 59
 43
 50


 Midlothian 
 -
 1
 1
 1


 Moray 
 26
 23
 19
 18


 North Ayrshire 
 -
 3
 2
 -


 North Lanarkshire 
 67
 77
 45
 57


 Orkney Islands 
 1
 2
 -
 4


 Perth and Kinross 
 55
 78
 65
 72


 Renfrewshire 
 126
 126
 82
 65


 Scottish Borders 
 13
 27
 37
 27


 Shetland Islands 
 3
 4
 2
 3


 South Ayrshire 
 71
 64
 62
 74


 South Lanarkshire 
 197
 207
 171
 142


 Stirling 
 30
 55
 41
 35


 West Dunbartonshire
 65
 54
 34
 36


 West Lothian 
 42
 53
 62
 46


 Other7
 8
 13
 7
 9


 Scotland4
 2,285
 2,416
 2,176
 2,035



  Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Police Force Area, 2000-03.

  

 Police force area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 20035


 
 Housebreaking


 Central 
 109
 160
 154
 150


 Dumfries and Galloway
 109
 104
 97
 86


 Fife 
 292
 334
 268
 275


 Grampian 
 429
 415
 351
 363


 Lothian and Borders 
 388
 347
 416
 353


 Northern 
 71
 102
 76
 103


 Strathclyde 
 1,096
 1,075
 1,122
 1,004


 Tayside 
 192
 174
 251
 198


 Scotland4
 2,686
 2,711
 2,735
 2,532


 
 Theft by Opening a Lockfast Place8


 Central 
 55
 66
 73
 73


 Dumfries and Galloway
 28
 25
 17
 39


 Fife 
 147
 135
 134
 120


 Grampian 
 171
 137
 134
 122


 Lothian and Borders 
 175
 242
 202
 171


 Northern 
 40
 28
 37
 30


 Strathclyde 
 768
 765
 757
 633


 Tayside 
 113
 103
 118
 101


 Scotland4
 1,497
 1,501
 1,472
 1,289


 
 Theft of a Motor Vehicle


 Central 
 77
 56
 63
 48


 Dumfries and Galloway
 24
 31
 50
 59


 Fife 
 114
 136
 93
 84


 Grampian 
 172
 131
 105
 111


 Lothian and Borders 
 218
 213
 245
 204


 Northern 
 52
 56
 49
 69


 Strathclyde 
 691
 594
 607
 515


 Tayside 
 96
 122
 126
 80


 Scotland4
 1,444
 1,339
 1,338
 1,170


 
 Shoplifting


 Central 
 477
 641
 595
 481


 Dumfries and Galloway
 195
 176
 212
 234


 Fife 
 480
 518
 446
 424


 Grampian 
 814
 894
 969
 852


 Lothian and Borders 
 1,194
 1,172
 1,335
 1,173


 Northern 
 163
 208
 254
 239


 Strathclyde 
 3,412
 3,728
 4,311
 3,802


 Tayside 
 684
 786
 809
 788


 Scotland4
 7,419
 8,123
 8,931
 7,993


 
 Other Theft


 Central 
 245
 264
 280
 219


 Dumfries and Galloway
 184
 180
 203
 145


 Fife 
 270
 285
 266
 258


 Grampian 
 468
 447
 371
 410


 Lothian and Borders 
 637
 640
 645
 543


 Northern 
 176
 178
 183
 203


 Strathclyde 
 2,199
 2,019
 1,709
 1,488


 Tayside 
 319
 308
 307
 346


 Scotland4
 4,498
 4,321
 3,964
 3,612


 
 Fraud


 Central 
 66
 76
 88
 106


 Dumfries and Galloway
 48
 46
 52
 53


 Fife 
 108
 110
 80
 80


 Grampian 
 171
 156
 134
 132


 Lothian and Borders 
 270
 288
 378
 335


 Northern 
 69
 60
 71
 71


 Strathclyde 
 581
 619
 528
 525


 Tayside 
 145
 135
 120
 120


 Scotland4
 1,458
 1,490
 1,451
 1,422


 
 Other Crimes of Dishonesty


 Central 
 82
 120
 117
 91


 Dumfries and Galloway
 34
 46
 53
 51


 Fife 
 87
 129
 100
 98


 Grampian 
 189
 196
 230
 195


 Lothian and Borders 
 310
 327
 344
 258


 Northern 
 51
 64
 70
 80


 Strathclyde 
 925
 872
 814
 730


 Tayside 
 186
 207
 185
 252


 Scotland4
 1,864
 1,961
 1,913
 1,755



  Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Approximate Local Authority Area6, 2000-03

  

 Local Authority Area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 20035


 
 Housebreaking


 Aberdeen City 
 305
 291
 236
 285


 Aberdeenshire 
 63
 80
 89
 62


 Angus 
 40
 41
 56
 44


 Argyll and Bute 
 31
 29
 27
 22


 Clackmannanshire 
 24
 33
 31
 44


 Dumfries and Galloway
 108
 104
 97
 86


 Dundee City 
 92
 91
 121
 93


 East Ayrshire 
 147
 119
 161
 117


 East Lothian 
 13
 18
 19
 37


 Edinburgh, City of 
 264
 217
 271
 229


 Eilean Siar 
 3
 8
 1
 9


 Falkirk 
 62
 94
 90
 68


 Fife 
 292
 334
 267
 274


 Glasgow City 
 363
 412
 439
 399


 Highland 
 57
 70
 70
 76


 Inverclyde 
 89
 61
 50
 54


 Midlothian 
 -
 -
 3
 -


 Moray 
 61
 44
 26
 15


 North Ayrshire 
 2
 -
 -
 -


 North Lanarkshire 
 44
 50
 53
 37


 Orkney Islands 
 4
 14
 3
 4


 Perth and Kinross 
 60
 42
 72
 61


 Renfrewshire 
 126
 118
 117
 106


 Scottish Borders 
 46
 46
 54
 28


 Shetland Islands 
 7
 10
 2
 14


 South Ayrshire 
 97
 96
 101
 73


 South Lanarkshire 
 117
 114
 129
 135


 Stirling 
 22
 33
 33
 38


 West Dunbartonshire
 76
 75
 41
 58


 West Lothian 
 64
 65
 68
 59


 Other7
 7
 2
 8
 5


 Scotland4
 2,686
 2,711
 2,735
 2,532


 
 Theft by Opening a Lockfast Place8


 Aberdeen City 
 145
 112
 113
 98


 Aberdeenshire 
 12
 15
 15
 21


 Angus 
 25
 15
 36
 16


 Argyll and Bute 
 7
 10
 4
 7


 Clackmannanshire 
 5
 9
 19
 17


 Dumfries and Galloway
 28
 25
 17
 39


 Dundee City 
 65
 65
 65
 61


 East Ayrshire 
 58
 67
 63
 66


 East Dunbartonshire
 0
 0
 1
 0


 East Lothian 
 5
 10
 16
 12


 Edinburgh, City of 
 130
 169
 132
 112


 Falkirk 
 33
 38
 35
 38


 Fife 
 147
 135
 134
 120


 Glasgow City 
 402
 389
 386
 318


 Highland 
 37
 26
 35
 30


 Inverclyde 
 26
 28
 28
 26


 Midlothian 
 1
 2
 0
 1


 Moray 
 14
 9
 6
 3


 North Ayrshire 
 -
 1
 -
 -


 North Lanarkshire 
 25
 30
 28
 28


 Orkney Islands 
 -
 1
 -
 -


 Perth and Kinross 
 23
 23
 17
 24


 Renfrewshire 
 75
 81
 92
 69


 Scottish Borders 
 8
 15
 15
 15


 Shetland Islands 
 3
 1
 2
 0


 South Ayrshire 
 24
 28
 30
 27


 South Lanarkshire 
 110
 91
 90
 77


 Stirling 
 17
 19
 19
 18


 West Dunbartonshire
 41
 40
 35
 15


 West Lothian 
 31
 46
 39
 31


 Other7
 -
 1
 -
 -


 Scotland4
 1,497
 1,501
 1,472
 1,289


 
 Theft of a Motor Vehicle


 Aberdeen City 
 116
 85
 59
 77


 Aberdeenshire 
 20
 22
 27
 13


 Angus 
 21
 19
 29
 13


 Argyll and Bute 
 9
 9
 12
 10


 Clackmannanshire 
 15
 12
 8
 10


 Dumfries and Galloway
 24
 31
 50
 59


 Dundee City 
 59
 68
 74
 55


 East Ayrshire 
 65
 59
 58
 58


 East Lothian 
 10
 7
 16
 20


 Edinburgh, City of 
 139
 156
 162
 125


 Eilean Siar 
 7
 7
 6
 8


 Falkirk 
 40
 27
 44
 26


 Fife 
 114
 136
 93
 84


 Glasgow City 
 280
 243
 210
 190


 Highland 
 35
 46
 37
 51


 Inverclyde 
 27
 36
 30
 26


 Moray 
 36
 24
 18
 21


 North Lanarkshire 
 41
 35
 30
 20


 Orkney Islands 
 5
 3
 4
 7


 Perth and Kinross 
 15
 35
 23
 12


 Renfrewshire 
 69
 56
 63
 55


 Scottish Borders 
 18
 7
 22
 23


 Shetland Islands 
 5
 -
 2
 3


 South Ayrshire 
 17
 25
 23
 40


 South Lanarkshire 
 138
 97
 145
 96


 Stirling 
 22
 17
 11
 12


 West Dunbartonshire
 43
 34
 36
 20


 West Lothian 
 51
 43
 44
 36


 Other7
 3
 -
 2
 -


 Scotland4
 1,444
 1,339
 1,338
 1,170


 
 Shoplifting


 Aberdeen City 
 668
 724
 818
 696


 Aberdeenshire 
 100
 128
 112
 106


 Angus 
 77
 105
 101
 92


 Argyll and Bute 
 25
 27
 35
 30


 Clackmannanshire 
 45
 75
 73
 83


 Dumfries and Galloway
 195
 176
 212
 234


 Dundee City 
 448
 494
 521
 513


 East Ayrshire 
 274
 345
 360
 360


 East Dunbartonshire
 48
 53
 53
 46


 East Lothian 
 27
 28
 60
 43


 East Renfrewshire 
 18
 13
 10
 18


 Edinburgh, City of 
 992
 855
 995
 877


 Eilean Siar 
 6
 5
 6
 7


 Falkirk 
 260
 337
 343
 250


 Fife 
 480
 518
 446
 424


 Glasgow City 
 1,383
 1,415
 1,793
 1,420


 Highland 
 150
 199
 245
 229


 Inverclyde 
 213
 224
 316
 236


 Midlothian 
 29
 47
 38
 17


 Moray 
 46
 42
 39
 49


 North Ayrshire 
 29
 6
 28
 20


 North Lanarkshire 
 252
 366
 323
 291


 Orkney Islands 
 3
 2
 1
 1


 Perth and Kinross 
 159
 187
 187
 183


 Renfrewshire 
 320
 312
 288
 361


 Scottish Borders 
 33
 56
 49
 68


 Shetland Islands 
 4
 2
 2
 2


 South Ayrshire 
 309
 413
 411
 322


 South Lanarkshire 
 336
 328
 492
 461


 Stirling 
 172
 229
 179
 148


 West Dunbartonshire
 205
 226
 202
 233


 West Lothian 
 113
 186
 193
 168


 Other7
 -
 -
 -
 5


 Scotland4
 7,419
 8,123
 8,931
 7,993


 
 Other Theft


 Aberdeen City 
 309
 283
 212
 281


 Aberdeenshire 
 89
 118
 113
 86


 Angus 
 77
 70
 72
 82


 Argyll and Bute 
 59
 76
 45
 72


 Clackmannanshire 
 50
 40
 48
 53


 Dumfries and Galloway
 184
 178
 202
 145


 Dundee City 
 147
 132
 134
 169


 East Ayrshire 
 233
 249
 174
 173


 East Dunbartonshire
 12
 5
 5
 2


 East Lothian 
 30
 26
 38
 51


 East Renfrewshire 
 9
 7
 7
 2


 Edinburgh, City of 
 391
 380
 389
 314


 Eilean Siar 
 13
 6
 4
 12


 Falkirk 
 115
 151
 157
 88


 Fife 
 269
 285
 266
 258


 Glasgow City 
 794
 637
 519
 384


 Highland 
 141
 145
 165
 177


 Inverclyde 
 117
 77
 60
 61


 Midlothian 
 15
 24
 10
 14


 Moray 
 70
 46
 45
 43


 North Ayrshire 
 49
 51
 15
 17


 North Lanarkshire 
 207
 189
 180
 167


 Orkney Islands 
 10
 13
 6
 4


 Perth and Kinross 
 94
 106
 101
 95


 Renfrewshire 
 159
 184
 144
 132


 Scottish Borders 
 80
 73
 87
 71


 Shetland Islands 
 12
 14
 8
 9


 South Ayrshire 
 135
 114
 153
 159


 South Lanarkshire 
 246
 268
 292
 184


 Stirling 
 80
 72
 74
 77


 West Dunbartonshire
 175
 161
 111
 132


 West Lothian 
 119
 136
 119
 93


 Other7
 8
 4
 9
 4


 Scotland4
 4,498
 4,321
 3,964
 3,612


 
 Fraud


 Aberdeen City 
 91
 83
 74
 80


 Aberdeenshire 
 48
 44
 36
 32


 Angus 
 23
 31
 29
 31


 Argyll and Bute 
 15
 12
 17
 5


 Clackmannanshire 
 9
 12
 10
 20


 Dumfries and Galloway
 48
 46
 52
 53


 Dundee City 
 68
 69
 67
 64


 East Ayrshire 
 65
 58
 41
 57


 East Dunbartonshire
 2
 6
 -
 -


 East Lothian 
 8
 11
 13
 19


 East Renfrewshire 
 -
 1
 1
 -


 Edinburgh, City of 
 193
 203
 292
 246


 Eilean Siar 
 3
 3
 2
 3


 Falkirk 
 37
 42
 47
 51


 Fife 
 108
 110
 80
 80


 Glasgow City 
 171
 168
 176
 201


 Highland 
 59
 53
 61
 60


 Inverclyde 
 29
 25
 22
 19


 Midlothian 
 5
 3
 2
 6


 Moray 
 31
 29
 24
 20


 North Ayrshire 
 9
 8
 5
 11


 North Lanarkshire 
 33
 50
 39
 56


 Orkney Islands 
 3
 3
 4
 1


 Perth and Kinross 
 54
 35
 24
 25


 Renfrewshire 
 61
 77
 47
 42


 Scottish Borders 
 20
 30
 25
 28


 Shetland Islands 
 4
 1
 4
 7


 South Ayrshire 
 58
 70
 73
 50


 South Lanarkshire 
 96
 106
 81
 58


 Stirling 
 20
 22
 31
 35


 West Dunbartonshire
 39
 35
 24
 25


 West Lothian 
 39
 39
 44
 34


 Other7
 9
 5
 4
 3


 Scotland4
 1,458
 1,490
 1,451
 1,422


 
 Other Crimes of Dishonesty


 Aberdeen City 
 136
 141
 178
 149


 Aberdeenshire 
 29
 36
 36
 30


 Angus 
 36
 38
 47
 48


 Argyll and Bute 
 24
 23
 9
 16


 Clackmannanshire 
 13
 17
 13
 15


 Dumfries and Galloway
 34
 46
 53
 50


 Dundee City 
 105
 110
 88
 140


 East Ayrshire 
 86
 82
 69
 65


 East Dunbartonshire
 1
 -
 -
 -


 East Lothian 
 15
 15
 17
 17


 East Renfrewshire 
 1
 -
 -
 2


 Edinburgh, City of 
 243
 235
 228
 180


 Eilean Siar 
 2
 2
 4
 4


 Falkirk 
 41
 56
 66
 43


 Fife 
 87
 126
 100
 98


 Glasgow City 
 345
 334
 342
 296


 Highland 
 46
 56
 64
 70


 Inverclyde 
 63
 47
 40
 44


 Midlothian 
 -
 1
 1
 1


 Moray 
 24
 18
 16
 16


 North Ayrshire 
 -
 3
 2
 -


 North Lanarkshire 
 54
 60
 41
 53


 Orkney Islands 
 1
 2
 -
 4


 Perth and Kinross 
 44
 57
 50
 63


 Renfrewshire 
 101
 84
 68
 51


 Scottish Borders 
 11
 27
 37
 25


 Shetland Islands 
 2
 4
 2
 2


 South Ayrshire 
 61
 54
 57
 59


 South Lanarkshire 
 138
 148
 156
 121


 Stirling 
 28
 47
 38
 31


 West Dunbartonshire
 47
 31
 29
 21


 West Lothian 
 39
 48
 60
 35


 Other7
 7
 13
 2
 6


 Scotland4
 1,864
 1,961
 1,913
 1,755



  Notes:

  1. Trends in the recorded crime figures between 2003 and 2004 have been affected by the introduction in April 2004 of the Scottish Crime Recording Standard. As anticipated, this increased the numbers of minor crimes recorded by the police, such as vandalism, petty assault, breach of the peace and minor thefts.

  2. Figures for persons proceeded against may be underestimates due to recording delays.

  3. Where main offence.

  4. Scotland totals for court proceedings statistics may contain a small number of cases where the police force area and/or local authority area are unknown.

  Includes estimated data.

  5. Incorporates an approximate mapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courts will deal with cases from more than one local authority area. Some local authority areas, including East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Midlothian and North Ayrshire, do not contain a sheriff court.

  6. Includes High Court cases and those where court location is not known.

  7. Includes theft from a motor vehicle by opening a lockfast place (these offences are not generally identifiable separately in the court proceedings statistics for 2000-03).

Justice

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) recorded cases of, (b) prosecutions for and (c) convictions for the other crimes of (i) crimes against public justice, (ii) handling an offensive weapon, (iii) drugs and (iv) other there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by (1) police force and (2) local authority area.

Cathy Jamieson: The available information is given in the following tables. The court proceedings statistics for 2004-05 are scheduled for publication in March 2006.

  The statistics dealing with recorded crime and court proceedings are not directly comparable as a person may be proceeded against for more than one crime involving more than one victim and there is the possibility that the crime recorded by the police may be altered in the course of judicial proceedings. Also a crime may be recorded by the police in one year and court proceedings concluded in a subsequent year.

  Selected Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, by Police Force Area, 2000-041

  

 Police Force Area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 2003
 2004


 
 Crimes Against Public Justice


 Central
 921
 1,134
 1,438
 1,484
 1,779


 Dumfries and Galloway
 376
 438
 510
 718
 776


 Fife
 1,020
 1,090
 1,422
 1,860
 1,688


 Grampian
 1,311
 1,741
 2,085
 2,004
 1,761


 Lothian and Borders
 3,304
 3,624
 4,143
 3,553
 3,545


 Northern
 723
 929
 987
 1,147
 1,188


 Strathclyde
 9,439
 10,345
 10,960
 11,589
 12,189


 Tayside
 1,336
 949
 1,126
 2,442
 3,087


 Scotland
 18,430
 20,250
 22,671
 24,797
 26,013


 
 Handling an Offensive Weapon


 Central
 219
 335
 413
 361
 448


 Dumfries and Galloway
 152
 104
 155
 148
 127


 Fife
 418
 434
 287
 181
 283


 Grampian
 438
 484
 526
 552
 645


 Lothian and Borders
 944
 1,018
 1,095
 1,019
 1,153


 Northern
 232
 273
 294
 261
 276


 Strathclyde
 5,167
 5,596
 6,630
 6,114
 6,668


 Tayside
 583
 427
 291
 219
 393


 Scotland
 8,153
 8,671
 9,691
 8,855
 9,993


 
 Drug Offences


 Central
 1,285
 1,977
 1,917
 1,945
 2,124


 Dumfries and Galloway
 448
 649
 775
 919
 887


 Fife
 1,248
 1,645
 1,944
 1,804
 1,886


 Grampian
 2,319
 2,598
 3,152
 2,785
 3,122


 Lothian and Borders
 5,198
 5,566
 6,590
 5,404
 6,216


 Northern
 1,084
 1,607
 1,656
 1,842
 1,844


 Strathclyde
 18,225
 20,083
 21,730
 22,868
 22,875


 Tayside
 1,624
 2,050
 2,615
 2,898
 3,430


 Scotland
 31,431
 36,175
 40,379
 40,465
 42,384


 
 Other Crimes


 Central
 5
 4
 3
 8
 1


 Dumfries and Galloway
 4
 -
 6
 16
 5


 Fife
 -
 6
 19
 -
 1


 Grampian
 6
 6
 2
 12
 20


 Lothian and Borders
 4
 25
 13
 23
 18


 Northern
 7
 15
 2
 13
 6


 Strathclyde
 50
 55
 83
 82
 102


 Tayside
 4
 3
 14
 11
 37


 Scotland
 80
 114
 142
 165
 190



  Selected Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, by Local Authority Area, 2000-041

  

 Local authority Area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 2003
 2004


 
 Crimes Against Public Justice


 Aberdeen City
 756
 933
 1,349
 1,117
 864


 Aberdeenshire
 344
 441
 399
 464
 442


 Angus
 234
 233
 246
 415
 362


 Argyll and Bute
 303
 497
 389
 395
 381


 Clackmannanshire
 185
 178
 303
 266
 472


 Dumfries and Galloway
 376
 438
 510
 718
 776


 Dundee City
 821
 497
 577
 1,591
 2,107


 East Ayrshire
 378
 363
 388
 398
 397


 East Dunbartonshire
 152
 178
 198
 208
 216


 East Lothian
 188
 178
 242
 176
 156


 East Renfrewshire
 161
 158
 146
 153
 189


 Edinburgh, City of
 2,087
 2,251
 2,626
 2,256
 2,230


 Eilean Siar
 43
 43
 42
 43
 81


 Falkirk
 450
 573
 736
 770
 793


 Fife
 1,020
 1,090
 1,422
 1,860
 1,688


 Glasgow City
 4,437
 4,814
 5,117
 5,309
 5,208


 Highland
 643
 837
 893
 1,034
 1,030


 Inverclyde
 320
 332
 352
 365
 374


 Midlothian
 250
 277
 288
 269
 264


 Moray
 211
 367
 337
 423
 455


 North Ayrshire
 396
 391
 486
 519
 551


 North Lanarkshire
 981
 1,140
 1,389
 1,611
 1,934


 Orkney Islands
 20
 23
 22
 29
 34


 Perth and Kinross
 281
 219
 303
 436
 618


 Renfrewshire
 609
 629
 636
 668
 707


 Scottish Borders
 283
 330
 388
 351
 342


 Shetland Islands
 17
 26
 30
 41
 43


 South Ayrshire
 263
 357
 466
 392
 461


 South Lanarkshire
 978
 1,087
 1,003
 1,088
 1,178


 Stirling
 286
 383
 399
 448
 514


 West Dunbartonshire
 461
 399
 390
 483
 593


 West Lothian
 496
 588
 599
 501
 553


 Scotland
 18,430
 20,250
 22,671
 24,797
 26,013


 
 Handling an Offensive Weapon


 Aberdeen City
 205
 234
 301
 310
 338


 Aberdeenshire
 168
 152
 136
 147
 191


 Angus
 109
 87
 55
 27
 66


 Argyll and Bute
 90
 73
 94
 79
 100


 Clackmannanshire
 34
 81
 100
 77
 86


 Dumfries and Galloway
 152
 104
 155
 148
 127


 Dundee City
 332
 234
 160
 138
 215


 East Ayrshire
 146
 181
 244
 165
 227


 East Dunbartonshire
 74
 95
 103
 92
 111


 East Lothian
 78
 76
 92
 65
 68


 East Renfrewshire
 71
 67
 97
 76
 119


 Edinburgh, City of
 570
 606
 635
 614
 641


 Eilean Siar
 9
 9
 5
 12
 11


 Falkirk
 113
 152
 184
 167
 221


 Fife
 418
 434
 287
 181
 283


 Glasgow City
 2,731
 2,834
 3,376
 3,240
 3,367


 Highland
 209
 241
 272
 242
 244


 Inverclyde
 224
 352
 372
 285
 316


 Midlothian
 63
 64
 69
 78
 89


 Moray
 65
 98
 89
 95
 116


 North Ayrshire
 201
 242
 282
 245
 309


 North Lanarkshire
 387
 495
 538
 536
 637


 Orkney Islands
 5
 8
 3
 4
 3


 Perth and Kinross
 142
 106
 76
 54
 112


 Renfrewshire
 309
 321
 435
 376
 412


 Scottish Borders
 94
 94
 115
 107
 133


 Shetland Islands
 9
 15
 14
 3
 18


 South Ayrshire
 133
 122
 152
 94
 106


 South Lanarkshire
 610
 610
 689
 640
 649


 Stirling
 72
 102
 129
 117
 141


 West Dunbartonshire
 191
 204
 248
 286
 315


 West Lothian
 139
 178
 184
 155
 222


 Scotland
 8,153
 8,671
 9,691
 8,855
 9,993


 
 Drug Offences


 Aberdeen City
 1,334
 1,550
 2,071
 1,689
 1,888


 Aberdeenshire
 724
 787
 757
 741
 794


 Angus
 306
 401
 489
 520
 561


 Argyll and Bute
 450
 389
 512
 584
 618


 Clackmannanshire
 234
 295
 351
 336
 329


 Dumfries and Galloway
 448
 649
 775
 919
 887


 Dundee City
 707
 904
 1,167
 1,307
 1,652


 East Ayrshire
 787
 785
 950
 910
 948


 East Dunbartonshire
 318
 465
 460
 479
 516


 East Lothian
 340
 217
 507
 371
 378


 East Renfrewshire
 428
 342
 296
 316
 257


 Edinburgh, City of
 2,858
 3,118
 3,863
 3,008
 3,518


 Eilean Siar
 47
 112
 94
 93
 115


 Falkirk
 624
 844
 831
 882
 1,072


 Fife
 1,248
 1,645
 1,944
 1,804
 1,886


 Glasgow City
 8,845
 9,388
 9,330
 10,100
 9,729


 Highland
 926
 1,370
 1,434
 1,605
 1,527


 Inverclyde
 901
 995
 1,145
 1,040
 1,224


 Midlothian
 402
 404
 444
 378
 462


 Moray
 261
 261
 324
 355
 440


 North Ayrshire
 845
 872
 1,054
 1,041
 1,228


 North Lanarkshire
 1,817
 2,197
 3,105
 2,960
 2,946


 Orkney Islands
 29
 27
 41
 64
 49


 Perth and Kinross
 611
 745
 959
 1,071
 1,217


 Renfrewshire
 1,073
 1,224
 1,212
 1,205
 1,039


 Scottish Borders
 733
 661
 647
 618
 762


 Shetland Islands
 82
 98
 87
 80
 153


 South Ayrshire
 537
 896
 992
 722
 739


 South Lanarkshire
 1,512
 1,864
 1,733
 2,397
 2,539


 Stirling
 427
 838
 735
 727
 723


 West Dunbartonshire
 712
 666
 941
 1,114
 1,092


 West Lothian
 865
 1,166
 1,129
 1,029
 1,096


 Scotland
 31,431
 36,175
 40,379
 40,465
 42,384


 
 Other Crimes


 Aberdeen City
 4
 1
 -
 7
 10


 Aberdeenshire
 2
 2
 1
 4
 9


 Angus
 -
 1
 6
 1
 2


 Argyll and Bute
 4
 1
 1
 -
 1


 Clackmannanshire
 -
 2
 1
 7
 1


 Dumfries and Galloway
 4
 -
 6
 16
 5


 Dundee City
 4
 2
 6
 6
 34


 East Ayrshire
 -
 5
 4
 12
 7


 East Dunbartonshire
 -
 1
 5
 7
 3


 East Lothian
 2
 -
 2
 -
 2


 East Renfrewshire
 -
 -
 1
 1
 1


 Edinburgh, City of
 2
 15
 9
 15
 14


 Eilean Siar
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Falkirk
 3
 2
 2
 1
 -


 Fife
 -
 6
 19
 -
 1


 Glasgow City
 22
 20
 37
 27
 33


 Highland
 6
 15
 2
 13
 5


 Inverclyde
 2
 6
 2
 2
 2


 Midlothian
 -
 2
 -
 2
 1


 Moray
 -
 3
 1
 1
 1


 North Ayrshire
 3
 2
 3
 9
 10


 North Lanarkshire
 4
 11
 15
 11
 30


 Orkney Islands
 1
 -
 -
 -
 1


 Perth and Kinross
 -
 -
 2
 4
 1


 Renfrewshire
 3
 -
 1
 3
 2


 Scottish Borders
 -
 8
 1
 2
 -


 Shetland Islands
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 South Ayrshire
 -
 -
 6
 3
 5


 South Lanarkshire
 6
 5
 4
 2
 4


 Stirling
 2
 -
 -
 -
 -


 West Dunbartonshire
 6
 4
 4
 5
 4


 West Lothian
 -
 -
 1
 4
 1


 Scotland
 80
 114
 142
 165
 190



  Persons Proceeded Against2 in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Police Force Area, 2000-03

  

 Police Force Area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 20035


 
 


 Central 
 459
 568
 526
 434


 Dumfries and Galloway
 176
 182
 130
 140


 Fife 
 355
 382
 278
 298


 Grampian 
 403
 446
 563
 643


 Lothian and Borders 
 795
 731
 710
 636


 Northern 
 116
 134
 185
 206


 Strathclyde 
 3,049
 3,155
 2,415
 2,471


 Tayside 
 1,159
 1,423
 1,110
 1,289


 Scotland4
 6,512
 7,021
 5,917
 6,117


 
 Handling an Offensive Weapon


 Central 
 57
 88
 83
 97


 Dumfries and Galloway
 45
 44
 49
 72


 Fife 
 59
 93
 70
 71


 Grampian 
 78
 135
 116
 135


 Lothian and Borders 
 230
 321
 375
 316


 Northern 
 36
 52
 54
 65


 Strathclyde 
 2,216
 2,648
 2,042
 2,360


 Tayside 
 179
 210
 173
 185


 Scotland4
 2,900
 3,591
 2,962
 3,301


 
 Drug Offences


 Central 
 259
 378
 417
 478


 Dumfries and Galloway
 151
 108
 154
 172


 Fife 
 184
 198
 240
 222


 Grampian 
 501
 684
 626
 804


 Lothian and Borders 
 819
 830
 645
 664


 Northern 
 295
 355
 419
 433


 Strathclyde 
 3,759
 3,717
 3,289
 4,296


 Tayside 
 535
 530
 595
 638


 Scotland4
 6,503
 6,800
 6,385
 7,707


 
 Other Crimes


 Dumfries and Galloway
 10
 8
 3
 6


 Fife 
 -
 -
 1
 1


 Grampian 
 -
 3
 1
 -


 Lothian and Borders 
 -
 3
 -
 -


 Northern 
 2
 2
 -
 7


 Strathclyde 
 6
 20
 9
 12


 Tayside 
 1
 7
 2
 4


 Scotland4
 19
 43
 16
 30



  Persons Proceeded Against2 in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Approximate Local Authority Area6, 2000-03

  

 Local Authority Area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 20035


 
 Crimes Against Public Justice


 Aberdeen City 
 243
 266
 346
 430


 Aberdeenshire 
 118
 113
 170
 147


 Angus 
 158
 224
 181
 213


 Argyll and Bute 
 55
 51
 37
 40


 Clackmannanshire 
 37
 64
 51
 68


 Dumfries and Galloway
 175
 182
 128
 139


 Dundee City 
 865
 1,084
 793
 854


 East Ayrshire 
 138
 133
 112
 173


 East Dunbartonshire
 2
 3
 3
 -


 East Lothian 
 35
 41
 53
 39


 East Renfrewshire 
 2
 2
 -
 -


 Edinburgh, City of 
 588
 506
 453
 435


 Eilean Siar 
 3
 2
 4
 5


 Falkirk 
 308
 311
 297
 199


 Fife 
 355
 379
 276
 298


 Glasgow City 
 1,384
 1,398
 997
 850


 Highland 
 103
 127
 174
 181


 Inverclyde 
 152
 169
 151
 153


 Midlothian 
 7
 4
 3
 -


 Moray 
 33
 63
 40
 61


 North Ayrshire 
 5
 9
 5
 3


 North Lanarkshire 
 181
 174
 151
 198


 Orkney Islands 
 5
 5
 3
 2


 Perth and Kinross 
 136
 110
 133
 218


 Renfrewshire 
 264
 200
 114
 140


 Scottish Borders 
 44
 60
 80
 100


 Shetland Islands 
 3
 -
 3
 11


 South Ayrshire 
 244
 205
 239
 291


 South Lanarkshire 
 436
 568
 484
 507


 Stirling 
 113
 191
 174
 166


 West Dunbartonshire
 164
 221
 109
 107


 West Lothian 
 119
 118
 113
 55


 Other7
 33
 33
 39
 29


 Scotland4
 6,512
 7,021
 5,917
 6,117


 
 Handling an Offensive Weapon


 Aberdeen City 
 55
 74
 63
 102


 Aberdeenshire 
 13
 40
 32
 18


 Angus 
 35
 27
 37
 38


 Argyll and Bute 
 16
 30
 15
 24


 Clackmannanshire 
 5
 11
 6
 14


 Dumfries and Galloway
 45
 44
 49
 72


 Dundee City 
 102
 129
 99
 101


 East Ayrshire 
 134
 145
 127
 135


 East Dunbartonshire
 -
 1
 -
 -


 East Lothian 
 4
 27
 29
 24


 East Renfrewshire 
 1
 -
 -
 -


 Edinburgh, City of 
 170
 208
 232
 226


 Eilean Siar 
 1
 3
 3
 3


 Falkirk 
 38
 54
 54
 42


 Fife 
 59
 93
 70
 71


 Glasgow City 
 1,232
 1,517
 1,079
 1,260


 Highland 
 33
 43
 48
 60


 Inverclyde 
 92
 96
 152
 157


 Moray 
 10
 20
 20
 15


 North Lanarkshire 
 73
 99
 97
 69


 Orkney Islands 
 -
 4
 -
 -


 Perth and Kinross 
 42
 53
 36
 46


 Renfrewshire 
 170
 185
 117
 159


 Scottish Borders 
 17
 33
 40
 22


 Shetland Islands 
 2
 1
 3
 2


 South Ayrshire 
 55
 66
 62
 74


 South Lanarkshire 
 340
 378
 332
 369


 Stirling 
 14
 23
 23
 41


 West Dunbartonshire
 100
 126
 60
 111


 West Lothian 
 38
 51
 74
 44


 Other7
 3
 5
 3
 2


 Scotland4
 2,900
 3,591
 2,962
 3,301


 
 Drug Offences


 Aberdeen City 
 284
 357
 378
 472


 Aberdeenshire 
 114
 199
 149
 189


 Angus 
 137
 95
 103
 116


 Argyll and Bute 
 111
 150
 95
 108


 Clackmannanshire 
 44
 48
 52
 91


 Dumfries and Galloway
 131
 96
 145
 151


 Dundee City 
 234
 224
 272
 298


 East Ayrshire 
 227
 246
 226
 336


 East Dunbartonshire
 16
 14
 20
 34


 East Lothian 
 26
 45
 36
 44


 East Renfrewshire 
 10
 17
 14
 14


 Edinburgh, City of 
 493
 490
 358
 370


 Eilean Siar 
 14
 18
 36
 23


 Falkirk 
 142
 181
 202
 193


 Fife 
 182
 165
 210
 199


 Glasgow City 
 1,399
 1,319
 1,186
 1,446


 Highland 
 247
 294
 343
 366


 Inverclyde 
 253
 206
 260
 353


 Midlothian 
 14
 21
 8
 10


 Moray 
 55
 79
 45
 71


 North Ayrshire 
 36
 56
 35
 51


 North Lanarkshire 
 362
 351
 287
 459


 Orkney Islands 
 8
 7
 6
 14


 Perth and Kinross 
 140
 186
 186
 192


 Renfrewshire 
 212
 178
 147
 181


 Scottish Borders 
 108
 105
 107
 88


 Shetland Islands 
 17
 20
 20
 17


 South Ayrshire 
 302
 280
 259
 367


 South Lanarkshire 
 468
 576
 507
 533


 Stirling 
 59
 124
 151
 171


 West Dunbartonshire
 121
 137
 115
 253


 West Lothian 
 125
 109
 94
 103


 Other7
 411
 405
 332
 392


 Scotland4
 6,503
 6,800
 6,385
 7,707


 
 Other Crimes


 Aberdeen City 
 -
 3
 -
 -


 Aberdeenshire 
 -
 -
 1
 -


 Angus 
 1
 -
 2
 1


 Argyll and Bute 
 -
 4
 2
 6


 Dumfries and Galloway
 10
 8
 3
 6


 Dundee City 
 -
 7
 -
 -


 East Ayrshire 
 -
 1
 -
 -


 Edinburgh, City of 
 -
 3
 -
 -


 Fife 
 -
 -
 1
 -


 Glasgow City 
 3
 4
 1
 -


 Highland 
 2
 -
 -
 7


 North Lanarkshire 
 -
 1
 -
 -


 South Ayrshire 
 -
 -
 3
 -


 South Lanarkshire 
 1
 1
 2
 -


 West Dunbartonshire
 -
 -
 -
 1


 Other7
 2
 11
 1
 9


 Scotland4
 19
 43
 16
 30



  Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Police Force Area, 2000-03

  

 Police Force Area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 20035


 
 Crimes Against Public Justice


 Central 
 415
 508
 443
 378


 Dumfries and Galloway
 142
 151
 103
 115


 Fife 
 312
 331
 237
 262


 Grampian 
 307
 364
 444
 492


 Lothian and Borders 
 652
 605
 590
 546


 Northern 
 93
 129
 143
 180


 Strathclyde 
 1,908
 1,946
 2,055
 2,049


 Tayside 
 1,016
 1,283
 983
 1,073


 Scotland4
 4,845
 5,317
 4,998
 5,095


 
 Handling an Offensive Weapon


 Central 
 54
 70
 62
 85


 Dumfries and Galloway
 35
 32
 44
 50


 Fife 
 41
 74
 55
 58


 Grampian 
 63
 118
 102
 111


 Lothian and Borders 
 204
 278
 325
 254


 Northern 
 31
 46
 46
 53


 Strathclyde 
 1,680
 1,939
 1,821
 2,048


 Tayside 
 130
 138
 134
 140


 Scotland4
 2,238
 2,695
 2,589
 2,799


 
 Drug Offences


 Central 
 235
 342
 373
 452


 Dumfries and Galloway
 130
 97
 133
 146


 Fife 
 148
 160
 207
 174


 Grampian 
 455
 613
 564
 743


 Lothian and Borders 
 738
 776
 567
 587


 Northern 
 267
 349
 384
 412


 Strathclyde 
 2,984
 2,931
 3,052
 4,009


 Tayside 
 469
 468
 521
 582


 Scotland4
 5,426
 5,736
 5,801
 7,105


 
 Other Crimes


 Dumfries and Galloway
 8
 7
 3
 5


 Lothian and Borders 
 -
 1
 -
 -


 Northern 
 2
 2
 -
 7


 Strathclyde 
 3
 11
 8
 12


 Tayside 
 -
 -
 2
 4


 Scotland4
 13
 21
 13
 28



  Persons with a Charge Proved for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Approximate Local Authority Area6, 2000-03

  

 Local Authority Area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 20035


 
 Crimes Against Public Justice


 Aberdeen City 
 175
 215
 266
 322


 Aberdeenshire 
 97
 91
 139
 112


 Angus 
 140
 203
 165
 176


 Argyll and Bute 
 41
 35
 34
 34


 Clackmannanshire 
 32
 49
 45
 60


 Dumfries and Galloway
 141
 151
 102
 114


 Dundee City 
 764
 981
 699
 710


 East Ayrshire 
 94
 100
 99
 148


 East Dunbartonshire
 2
 3
 3
 -


 East Lothian 
 26
 35
 43
 36


 East Renfrewshire 
 2
 1
 -
 -


 Edinburgh, City of 
 473
 409
 370
 363


 Eilean Siar 
 3
 2
 4
 5


 Falkirk 
 286
 285
 247
 183


 Fife 
 312
 330
 237
 262


 Glasgow City 
 824
 823
 836
 722


 Highland 
 83
 122
 133
 159


 Inverclyde 
 117
 114
 138
 128


 Midlothian 
 7
 4
 3
 -


 Moray 
 30
 56
 32
 57


 North Ayrshire 
 4
 7
 5
 3


 North Lanarkshire 
 109
 95
 116
 152


 Orkney Islands 
 2
 5
 3
 2


 Perth and Kinross 
 112
 94
 118
 184


 Renfrewshire 
 149
 126
 95
 118


 Scottish Borders 
 42
 55
 73
 93


 Shetland Islands 
 3
 -
 3
 10


 South Ayrshire 
 194
 171
 213
 253


 South Lanarkshire 
 272
 345
 430
 427


 Stirling 
 96
 172
 149
 134


 West Dunbartonshire
 92
 112
 76
 59


 West Lothian 
 102
 100
 96
 49


 Other7
 19
 25
 26
 19


 Scotland4
 4,845
 5,317
 4,998
 5,095


 
 Handling an Offensive Weapon


 Aberdeen City 
 45
 64
 59
 80


 Aberdeenshire 
 9
 35
 26
 16


 Angus 
 29
 24
 33
 32


 Argyll and Bute 
 11
 21
 13
 22


 Clackmannanshire 
 3
 9
 4
 11


 Dumfries and Galloway
 35
 32
 44
 50


 Dundee City 
 73
 87
 75
 70


 East Ayrshire 
 118
 116
 121
 127


 East Lothian 
 3
 26
 24
 18


 East Renfrewshire 
 1
 -
 -
 -


 Edinburgh, City of 
 150
 178
 196
 184


 Eilean Siar 
 1
 3
 3
 3


 Falkirk 
 38
 40
 44
 39


 Fife 
 41
 74
 55
 58


 Glasgow City 
 931
 1,135
 978
 1,128


 Highland 
 28
 38
 40
 48


 Inverclyde 
 79
 84
 143
 142


 Moray 
 9
 18
 16
 15


 North Lanarkshire 
 50
 61
 78
 54


 Orkney Islands 
 -
 4
 -
 -


 Perth and Kinross 
 28
 27
 26
 38


 Renfrewshire 
 116
 133
 99
 124


 Scottish Borders 
 17
 32
 37
 17


 Shetland Islands 
 2
 1
 3
 2


 South Ayrshire 
 44
 50
 51
 61


 South Lanarkshire 
 253
 267
 286
 300


 Stirling 
 13
 21
 14
 35


 West Dunbartonshire
 76
 72
 52
 89


 West Lothian 
 34
 40
 68
 35


 Other7
 1
 3
 1
 1


 Scotland4
 2,238
 2,695
 2,589
 2,799


 
 Drug Offences


 Aberdeen City 
 262
 321
 339
 441


 Aberdeenshire 
 101
 180
 137
 173


 Angus 
 124
 91
 95
 106


 Argyll and Bute 
 92
 128
 88
 101


 Clackmannanshire 
 34
 42
 43
 85


 Dumfries and Galloway
 116
 87
 124
 131


 Dundee City 
 214
 207
 238
 273


 East Ayrshire 
 195
 212
 211
 321


 East Dunbartonshire
 15
 13
 20
 34


 East Lothian 
 25
 45
 34
 41


 East Renfrewshire 
 10
 16
 14
 14


 Edinburgh, City of 
 441
 446
 308
 317


 Eilean Siar 
 12
 18
 30
 22


 Falkirk 
 134
 169
 188
 180


 Fife 
 146
 133
 180
 155


 Glasgow City 
 1,048
 976
 1,107
 1,340


 Highland 
 225
 290
 319
 348


 Inverclyde 
 212
 180
 245
 340


 Midlothian 
 14
 21
 8
 10


 Moray 
 52
 71
 42
 69


 North Ayrshire 
 36
 55
 35
 51


 North Lanarkshire 
 311
 298
 268
 449


 Orkney Islands 
 7
 7
 5
 12


 Perth and Kinross 
 111
 152
 158
 175


 Renfrewshire 
 168
 136
 131
 167


 Scottish Borders 
 103
 104
 103
 84


 Shetland Islands 
 16
 20
 20
 17


 South Ayrshire 
 264
 233
 245
 352


 South Lanarkshire 
 359
 429
 471
 506


 Stirling 
 55
 110
 131
 165


 West Dunbartonshire
 85
 96
 99
 212


 West Lothian 
 116
 105
 81
 96


 Other7
 323
 345
 284
 317


 Scotland4
 5,426
 5,736
 5,801
 7,105


 
 Other Crimes


 Angus 
 -
 -
 2
 1


 Argyll and Bute 
 -
 2
 2
 6


 Dumfries and Galloway
 8
 7
 3
 5


 East Ayrshire 
 -
 1
 -
 -


 Edinburgh, City of 
 -
 1
 -
 -


 Glasgow City 
 3
 4
 1
 -


 Highland 
 2
 -
 -
 7


 North Lanarkshire 
 -
 1
 -
 -


 South Ayrshire 
 -
 -
 2
 -


 South Lanarkshire 
 -
 -
 2
 -


 West Dunbartonshire
 -
 -
 -
 1


 Other7
 -
 5
 1
 8


 Scotland4
 13
 21
 13
 28



  Notes:

  1. Trends in the recorded crime figures between 2003 and 2004 have been affected by the introduction in April 2004 of the Scottish Crime Recording Standard. As anticipated, this increased the numbers of minor crimes recorded by the police, such as vandalism, petty assault, breach of the peace and minor thefts.

  2. Figures for persons proceeded against may be underestimates due to recording delays.

  3. Where main offence.

  4. Scotland totals for court proceedings statistics may contain a small number of cases where the police force area and/or local authority area are unknown.

  5. Includes estimated data.

  6. Incorporates an approximate mapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courts will deal with cases from more than one local authority area. Some local authority areas, including East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Midlothian and North Ayrshire, do not contain a sheriff court.

  7. Includes High Court cases and those where court location is not known.

Justice

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) recorded cases of, (b) prosecutions for and (c) convictions for (i) petty assault, (ii) breach of the peace, (iii) drunkenness and (iv) other miscellaneous offences there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by (1) police force and (2) local authority area.

Cathy Jamieson: The available information is given in the following tables. The court proceedings statistics for 2004-05 are scheduled for publication in March 2006.

  The statistics dealing with recorded crime and court proceedings are not directly comparable as a person may be proceeded against for more than one crime involving more than one victim and there is the possibility that the crime recorded by the police may be altered in the course of judicial proceedings. Also a crime may be recorded by the police in one year and court proceedings concluded in a subsequent year.

  Selected Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, by Police Force Area, 2000-041

  

 Police Force Area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 2003
 2004


 
 Petty Assault


 Central
 2,512
 2,748
 3,012
 3,222
 3,846


 Dumfries and Galloway
 1,209
 1,073
 1,379
 1,903
 2,044


 Fife
 3,322
 3,421
 3,518
 3,930
 5,451


 Grampian
 5,758
 5,956
 5,692
 5,494
 7,242


 Lothian and Borders
 12,916
 11,748
 10,448
 9,503
 12,186


 Northern
 1,995
 2,294
 2,420
 2,663
 3,236


 Strathclyde
 23,131
 23,863
 24,182
 24,500
 34,181


 Tayside
 3,908
 3,767
 4,075
 4,432
 3,948


 Scotland
 54,751
 54,870
 54,726
 55,647
 72,134


 
 Breach of the Peace


 Central
 3,366
 3,792
 4,078
 4,116
 4,814


 Dumfries and Galloway
 1,529
 1,423
 1,639
 2,392
 2,589


 Fife
 3,669
 3,954
 4,361
 4,667
 5,691


 Grampian
 7,505
 8,202
 8,078
 7,658
 9,261


 Lothian and Borders
 6,613
 6,928
 7,723
 7,680
 7,495


 Northern
 3,917
 4,303
 4,441
 4,831
 5,322


 Strathclyde
 38,051
 38,757
 37,897
 38,936
 46,930


 Tayside
 5,336
 5,242
 5,952
 6,383
 5,973


 Scotland
 69,986
 72,601
 74,169
 76,663
 88,075


 
 Drunkenness


 Central
 157
 162
 125
 129
 130


 Dumfries and Galloway
 108
 71
 51
 61
 82


 Fife
 365
 388
 428
 532
 487


 Grampian
 211
 184
 181
 199
 308


 Lothian and Borders
 306
 491
 428
 416
 323


 Northern
 867
 871
 808
 808
 726


 Strathclyde
 5,122
 5,130
 4,497
 4,850
 4,741


 Tayside
 674
 623
 565
 537
 536


 Scotland
 7,810
 7,920
 7,083
 7,532
 7,333


 
 Other Miscellaneous Offences


 Central
 923
 1,549
 1,146
 1,228
 1,676


 Dumfries and Galloway
 178
 271
 519
 415
 523


 Fife
 694
 957
 976
 1,016
 1,622


 Grampian
 1,111
 1,057
 1,460
 1,635
 2,567


 Lothian and Borders
 738
 1,211
 1,296
 1,487
 1,904


 Northern
 613
 831
 1,018
 933
 1,158


 Strathclyde
 15,876
 20,227
 23,466
 27,800
 29,821


 Tayside
 1,140
 1,033
 1,680
 2,301
 2,573


 Scotland
 21,273
 27,136
 31,561
 36,815
 41,844



  Selected Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, by Local Authority Area, 2000-041

  

 Local Authority Area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 2003
 2004


 
 Petty Assault


 Aberdeen City
 3,096
 3,222
 3,164
 3,098
 4,055


 Aberdeenshire
 1,803
 1,752
 1,542
 1,439
 2,058


 Angus
 902
 994
 1,151
 1,259
 1,020


 Argyll and Bute
 634
 566
 648
 707
 1,098


 Clackmannanshire
 397
 508
 533
 540
 692


 Dumfries and Galloway
 1,209
 1,073
 1,379
 1,903
 2,044


 Dundee City
 2,073
 1,829
 2,012
 2,164
 1,803


 East Ayrshire
 1,024
 1,149
 1,162
 954
 1,798


 East Dunbartonshire
 541
 516
 483
 504
 789


 East Lothian
 981
 785
 711
 684
 729


 East Renfrewshire
 314
 322
 314
 381
 555


 Edinburgh, City of
 7,677
 7,167
 6,147
 5,558
 7,210


 Eilean Siar
 129
 131
 133
 189
 289


 Falkirk
 1,441
 1,484
 1,608
 1,748
 1,970


 Fife
 3,322
 3,421
 3,518
 3,930
 5,451


 Glasgow City
 9,784
 9,836
 9,985
 10,031
 12,716


 Highland
 1,707
 1,982
 2,096
 2,221
 2,658


 Inverclyde
 786
 888
 854
 844
 1,090


 Midlothian
 910
 918
 766
 769
 951


 Moray
 859
 982
 986
 957
 1,129


 North Ayrshire
 1,134
 1,138
 1,285
 1,218
 1,986


 North Lanarkshire
 2,857
 3,181
 3,382
 3,637
 5,208


 Orkney Islands
 70
 86
 66
 95
 116


 Perth and Kinross
 933
 944
 912
 1,009
 1,125


 Renfrewshire
 1,766
 1,829
 1,591
 1,646
 2,195


 Scottish Borders
 1,051
 1,021
 983
 963
 1,013


 Shetland Islands
 89
 95
 125
 158
 173


 South Ayrshire
 974
 908
 973
 883
 1,448


 South Lanarkshire
 2,400
 2,598
 2,556
 2,593
 3,847


 Stirling
 674
 756
 871
 934
 1,184


 West Dunbartonshire
 917
 932
 949
 1,102
 1,451


 West Lothian
 2,297
 1,857
 1,841
 1,529
 2,283


 Scotland
 54,751
 54,870
 54,726
 55,647
 72,134


 
 Breach of the Peace


 Aberdeen City
 3,405
 3,826
 3,777
 3,464
 4,594


 Aberdeenshire
 2,445
 2,431
 2,263
 2,047
 2,664


 Angus
 1,162
 1,240
 1,607
 1,604
 1,420


 Argyll and Bute
 1,449
 1,722
 1,408
 1,484
 1,766


 Clackmannanshire
 538
 674
 666
 682
 918


 Dumfries and Galloway
 1,529
 1,423
 1,639
 2,392
 2,589


 Dundee City
 2,918
 2,714
 2,976
 3,206
 2,804


 East Ayrshire
 1,571
 1,658
 1,638
 1,570
 2,253


 East Dunbartonshire
 748
 772
 822
 811
 899


 East Lothian
 489
 521
 515
 403
 291


 East Renfrewshire
 571
 522
 496
 589
 809


 Edinburgh, City of
 3,585
 3,658
 4,072
 4,136
 3,888


 Eilean Siar
 269
 254
 297
 328
 502


 Falkirk
 1,901
 1,952
 2,242
 2,187
 2,402


 Fife
 3,669
 3,954
 4,361
 4,667
 5,691


 Glasgow City
 16,390
 16,077
 15,493
 15,725
 17,505


 Highland
 3,439
 3,733
 3,864
 4,139
 4,422


 Inverclyde
 1,352
 1,380
 1,224
 1,251
 1,465


 Midlothian
 581
 611
 643
 714
 746


 Moray
 1,655
 1,945
 2,038
 2,147
 2,003


 North Ayrshire
 1,774
 1,868
 2,010
 2,014
 2,638


 North Lanarkshire
 4,705
 5,093
 5,615
 6,195
 7,785


 Orkney Islands
 97
 157
 124
 147
 176


 Perth and Kinross
 1,256
 1,288
 1,369
 1,573
 1,749


 Renfrewshire
 2,247
 2,146
 2,012
 2,111
 2,396


 Scottish Borders
 854
 931
 1,158
 1,063
 1,172


 Shetland Islands
 112
 159
 156
 217
 222


 South Ayrshire
 1,482
 1,359
 1,607
 1,406
 2,058


 South Lanarkshire
 4,232
 4,614
 3,976
 3,901
 4,993


 Stirling
 927
 1,166
 1,170
 1,247
 1,494


 West Dunbartonshire
 1,530
 1,546
 1,596
 1,879
 2,363


 West Lothian
 1,104
 1,207
 1,335
 1,364
 1,398


 Scotland
 69,986
 72,601
 74,169
 76,663
 88,075


 
 Drunkenness


 Aberdeen City
 47
 33
 36
 67
 151


 Aberdeenshire
 59
 53
 38
 27
 55


 Angus
 55
 44
 60
 52
 47


 Argyll and Bute
 351
 252
 229
 347
 253


 Clackmannanshire
 16
 12
 7
 10
 11


 Dumfries and Galloway
 108
 71
 51
 61
 82


 Dundee City
 400
 424
 369
 388
 383


 East Ayrshire
 171
 179
 158
 130
 158


 East Dunbartonshire
 74
 92
 89
 77
 75


 East Lothian
 23
 26
 11
 7
 5


 East Renfrewshire
 33
 28
 18
 26
 41


 Edinburgh, City of
 132
 261
 230
 257
 166


 Eilean Siar
 66
 60
 60
 41
 48


 Falkirk
 72
 83
 60
 70
 69


 Fife
 365
 388
 428
 532
 487


 Glasgow City
 1,864
 1,999
 1,834
 1,978
 2,026


 Highland
 757
 761
 696
 714
 618


 Inverclyde
 257
 207
 190
 169
 114


 Midlothian
 24
 23
 18
 15
 25


 Moray
 105
 98
 107
 105
 102


 North Ayrshire
 280
 279
 212
 241
 303


 North Lanarkshire
 678
 642
 552
 675
 681


 Orkney Islands
 11
 19
 12
 17
 19


 Perth and Kinross
 219
 155
 136
 97
 106


 Renfrewshire
 290
 310
 311
 274
 162


 Scottish Borders
 39
 71
 59
 34
 46


 Shetland Islands
 33
 31
 40
 36
 41


 South Ayrshire
 154
 163
 171
 136
 166


 South Lanarkshire
 619
 606
 427
 451
 450


 Stirling
 69
 67
 58
 49
 50


 West Dunbartonshire
 351
 373
 306
 346
 312


 West Lothian
 88
 110
 110
 103
 81


 Scotland
 7,810
 7,920
 7,083
 7,532
 7,333


 
 Other Miscellaneous Offences


 Aberdeen City
 387
 417
 579
 728
 1,286


 Aberdeenshire
 538
 432
 505
 574
 833


 Angus
 195
 218
 347
 369
 524


 Argyll and Bute
 403
 291
 314
 490
 495


 Clackmannanshire
 129
 165
 162
 164
 242


 Dumfries and Galloway
 178
 271
 519
 415
 523


 Dundee City
 784
 670
 1,016
 1,523
 1,515


 East Ayrshire
 469
 454
 717
 850
 835


 East Dunbartonshire
 386
 435
 568
 535
 776


 East Lothian
 68
 116
 79
 48
 63


 East Renfrewshire
 240
 340
 393
 437
 629


 Edinburgh, City of
 305
 390
 621
 725
 854


 Eilean Siar
 73
 63
 50
 35
 78


 Falkirk
 402
 725
 601
 651
 847


 Fife
 694
 957
 976
 1,016
 1,622


 Glasgow City
 8,256
 10,288
 10,473
 12,825
 12,068


 Highland
 478
 714
 895
 779
 978


 Inverclyde
 534
 396
 400
 368
 394


 Midlothian
 61
 89
 90
 125
 246


 Moray
 186
 208
 376
 333
 448


 North Ayrshire
 446
 349
 491
 767
 1,106


 North Lanarkshire
 1,557
 1,682
 5,197
 7,183
 7,456


 Orkney Islands
 27
 23
 50
 72
 32


 Perth and Kinross
 161
 145
 317
 409
 534


 Renfrewshire
 572
 540
 660
 546
 629


 Scottish Borders
 171
 257
 224
 294
 309


 Shetland Islands
 35
 31
 23
 47
 70


 South Ayrshire
 253
 257
 499
 852
 835


 South Lanarkshire
 2,409
 4,891
 3,477
 2,498
 4,160


 Stirling
 392
 659
 383
 413
 587


 West Dunbartonshire
 351
 304
 277
 449
 438


 West Lothian
 133
 359
 282
 295
 432


 Scotland
 21,273
 27,136
 31,561
 36,815
 41,844



  Persons Proceeded Against2 in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Police Force Area, 2000-03

  

 Police Force Area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 20035


 
 Petty Assault


 Central 
 728
 789
 861
 857


 Dumfries and Galloway
 352
 338
 374
 475


 Fife 
 600
 795
 735
 702


 Grampian 
 1,086
 1,243
 1,319
 1,515


 Lothian and Borders 
 1,923
 1,859
 2,156
 2,168


 Northern 
 650
 695
 794
 945


 Strathclyde 
 6,489
 6,806
 5,427
 6,212


 Tayside 
 1,293
 1,424
 1,486
 1,515


 Scotland4
 13,121
 13,949
 13,152
 14,389


 
 Breach of the Peace


 Central 
 727
 837
 902
 900


 Dumfries and Galloway
 409
 409
 355
 429


 Fife 
 634
 642
 694
 644


 Grampian 
 1,038
 1,088
 1,081
 1,174


 Lothian and Borders 
 1,758
 1,829
 2,048
 1,804


 Northern 
 859
 881
 902
 1,009


 Strathclyde 
 8,365
 8,696
 7,769
 8,441


 Tayside 
 1,642
 1,761
 1,736
 1,869


 Scotland4
 15,432
 16,143
 15,487
 16,270


 
 Drunkenness


 Central 
 8
 2
 6
 5


 Dumfries and Galloway
 1
 -
 -
 1


 Fife 
 2
 5
 3
 10


 Grampian 
 22
 13
 8
 17


 Lothian and Borders 
 18
 28
 29
 25


 Northern 
 143
 104
 147
 140


 Strathclyde 
 249
 222
 187
 207


 Tayside 
 20
 32
 17
 23


 Scotland4
 463
 406
 397
 428


 
 Other Miscellaneous Offences8


 Central 
 326
 366
 321
 483


 Dumfries and Galloway
 92
 85
 92
 81


 Fife 
 214
 196
 160
 242


 Grampian 
 460
 399
 369
 456


 Lothian and Borders 
 432
 385
 548
 735


 Northern 
 253
 289
 320
 325


 Strathclyde 
 2,931
 3,304
 3,179
 4,642


 Tayside 
 624
 504
 634
 628


 Scotland4
 5,333
 5,528
 5,623
 7,592



  Persons Proceeded Against2 in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Approximate Local Authority Area6, 2000-03

  

 Local Authority Area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 20035


 
 Petty Assault


 Aberdeen City 
 576
 666
 725
 884


 Aberdeenshire 
 317
 336
 348
 339


 Angus 
 361
 431
 435
 420


 Argyll and Bute 
 227
 223
 169
 219


 Clackmannanshire 
 120
 126
 113
 149


 Dumfries and Galloway
 351
 338
 374
 475


 Dundee City 
 696
 669
 732
 779


 East Ayrshire 
 665
 617
 454
 518


 East Dunbartonshire
 21
 23
 17
 14


 East Lothian 
 121
 114
 145
 153


 East Renfrewshire 
 7
 13
 13
 12


 Edinburgh, City of 
 1,249
 1,198
 1,346
 1,305


 Eilean Siar 
 52
 65
 47
 77


 Falkirk 
 444
 442
 486
 441


 Fife 
 597
 792
 733
 701


 Glasgow City 
 2,379
 2,535
 2,027
 2,419


 Highland 
 528
 569
 667
 755


 Inverclyde 
 296
 286
 276
 235


 Midlothian 
 24
 47
 28
 46


 Moray 
 192
 239
 239
 287


 North Ayrshire 
 54
 45
 23
 49


 North Lanarkshire 
 494
 588
 466
 505


 Orkney Islands 
 27
 32
 37
 39


 Perth and Kinross 
 230
 321
 313
 311


 Renfrewshire 
 541
 608
 393
 477


 Scottish Borders 
 147
 172
 230
 266


 Shetland Islands 
 41
 28
 42
 64


 South Ayrshire 
 626
 523
 483
 482


 South Lanarkshire 
 868
 978
 918
 1,002


 Stirling 
 161
 221
 259
 259


 West Dunbartonshire
 277
 336
 170
 255


 West Lothian 
 371
 326
 401
 387


 Other7
 61
 37
 40
 52


 Scotland4
 13,121
 13,949
 13,152
 14,389


 
 Breach of the Peace


 Aberdeen City 
 539
 580
 595
 700


 Aberdeenshire 
 287
 279
 269
 228


 Angus 
 383
 425
 408
 475


 Argyll and Bute 
 266
 444
 324
 381


 Clackmannanshire 
 119
 135
 154
 181


 Dumfries and Galloway
 409
 409
 355
 429


 Dundee City 
 924
 900
 955
 1,038


 East Ayrshire 
 553
 627
 462
 552


 East Dunbartonshire
 69
 85
 38
 67


 East Lothian 
 111
 101
 138
 105


 East Renfrewshire 
 32
 52
 28
 56


 Edinburgh, City of 
 1,126
 1,100
 1,179
 1,095


 Eilean Siar 
 80
 43
 53
 90


 Falkirk 
 422
 501
 503
 455


 Fife 
 633
 641
 694
 642


 Glasgow City 
 3,112
 2,844
 2,856
 3,013


 Highland 
 738
 802
 805
 860


 Inverclyde 
 425
 330
 326
 311


 Midlothian 
 75
 65
 63
 57


 Moray 
 211
 227
 217
 245


 North Ayrshire 
 207
 194
 104
 109


 North Lanarkshire 
 1,108
 1,282
 1,111
 1,162


 Orkney Islands 
 14
 15
 15
 17


 Perth and Kinross 
 335
 435
 373
 355


 Renfrewshire 
 549
 580
 438
 519


 Scottish Borders 
 164
 250
 316
 272


 Shetland Islands 
 25
 19
 27
 39


 South Ayrshire 
 649
 609
 677
 702


 South Lanarkshire 
 976
 1,221
 1,058
 1,212


 Stirling 
 185
 200
 243
 264


 West Dunbartonshire
 416
 421
 339
 353


 West Lothian 
 281
 309
 351
 274


 Other7
 6
 12
 9
 9


 Scotland4
 15,432
 16,143
 15,487
 16,270


 
 Drunkenness


 Aberdeen City 
 2
 -
 1
 2


 Aberdeenshire 
 5
 2
 1
 1


 Angus 
 2
 -
 1
 2


 Argyll and Bute 
 42
 23
 20
 30


 Clackmannanshire 
 3
 1
 -
 1


 Dumfries and Galloway
 1
 -
 -
 1


 Dundee City 
 15
 30
 11
 16


 East Ayrshire 
 29
 26
 15
 17


 East Dunbartonshire
 1
 2
 2
 -


 East Lothian 
 3
 -
 3
 -


 Edinburgh, City of 
 6
 8
 9
 14


 Eilean Siar 
 9
 7
 6
 5


 Falkirk 
 2
 -
 1
 3


 Fife 
 2
 5
 3
 10


 Glasgow City 
 35
 24
 19
 40


 Highland 
 121
 95
 135
 123


 Inverclyde 
 61
 49
 40
 30


 Midlothian 
 -
 1
 -
 2


 Moray 
 15
 11
 6
 14


 North Ayrshire 
 22
 19
 6
 4


 North Lanarkshire 
 5
 5
 3
 3


 Orkney Islands 
 6
 2
 -
 2


 Perth and Kinross 
 3
 2
 5
 5


 Renfrewshire 
 4
 3
 2
 -


 Scottish Borders 
 5
 1
 12
 3


 Shetland Islands 
 7
 -
 6
 9


 South Ayrshire 
 22
 27
 47
 39


 South Lanarkshire 
 4
 20
 5
 2


 Stirling 
 3
 1
 5
 1


 West Dunbartonshire
 24
 24
 28
 42


 West Lothian 
 4
 18
 5
 6


 Other7
 -
 -
 -
 1


 Scotland4
 463
 406
 397
 428


 
 Other Miscellaneous Offences8


 Aberdeen City 
 244
 228
 228
 286


 Aberdeenshire 
 171
 115
 110
 104


 Angus 
 156
 141
 171
 162


 Argyll and Bute 
 88
 97
 74
 66


 Clackmannanshire 
 77
 49
 40
 73


 Dumfries and Galloway
 92
 85
 91
 81


 Dundee City 
 390
 281
 373
 351


 East Ayrshire 
 223
 179
 155
 240


 East Dunbartonshire
 21
 36
 29
 17


 East Lothian 
 39
 31
 21
 66


 East Renfrewshire 
 6
 15
 20
 48


 Edinburgh, City of 
 256
 209
 247
 298


 Eilean Siar 
 24
 16
 27
 15


 Falkirk 
 178
 177
 181
 245


 Fife 
 214
 196
 160
 242


 Glasgow City 
 675
 878
 924
 850


 Highland 
 200
 242
 267
 277


 Inverclyde 
 209
 197
 139
 245


 Midlothian 
 17
 6
 8
 22


 Moray 
 44
 55
 31
 66


 North Ayrshire 
 150
 101
 59
 206


 North Lanarkshire 
 575
 583
 706
 1,558


 Orkney Islands 
 9
 11
 6
 9


 Perth and Kinross 
 78
 81
 90
 114


 Renfrewshire 
 181
 135
 123
 212


 Scottish Borders 
 30
 49
 74
 101


 Shetland Islands 
 20
 20
 20
 22


 South Ayrshire 
 221
 220
 204
 306


 South Lanarkshire 
 513
 799
 654
 757


 Stirling 
 71
 140
 100
 165


 West Dunbartonshire
 60
 61
 85
 131


 West Lothian 
 87
 89
 197
 248


 Other7
 14
 6
 8
 8


 Scotland4
 5,333
 5,528
 5,623
 7,592



  Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Police Force Area, 2000-03

  

 Police Force Area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 20035


 
 Petty Assault


 Central 
 604
 628
 721
 728


 Dumfries and Galloway
 270
 289
 309
 400


 Fife 
 488
 684
 633
 625


 Grampian 
 966
 1,085
 1,165
 1,320


 Lothian and Borders 
 1,683
 1,592
 1,868
 1,786


 Northern 
 572
 653
 685
 821


 Strathclyde 
 4,671
 4,828
 4,726
 5,153


 Tayside 
 988
 1,086
 1,190
 1,199


 Scotland4
 10,242
 10,845
 11,297
 12,032


 
 Breach of the Peace


 Central 
 664
 750
 798
 809


 Dumfries and Galloway
 340
 347
 301
 372


 Fife 
 564
 582
 626
 585


 Grampian 
 950
 974
 952
 1,075


 Lothian and Borders 
 1,656
 1,712
 1,886
 1,653


 Northern 
 793
 835
 831
 920


 Strathclyde 
 6,911
 7,097
 7,252
 7,704


 Tayside 
 1,348
 1,478
 1,478
 1,615


 Scotland4
 13,226
 13,775
 14,124
 14,733


 
 Drunkenness


 Central 
 7
 2
 4
 4


 Dumfries and Galloway
 -
 -
 -
 1


 Fife 
 2
 5
 3
 10


 Grampian 
 22
 13
 8
 17


 Lothian and Borders 
 18
 26
 28
 22


 Northern 
 138
 104
 140
 135


 Strathclyde 
 227
 191
 184
 203


 Tayside 
 20
 30
 17
 19


 Scotland4
 434
 371
 384
 411


 
 Other Miscellaneous Offences8


 Central 
 290
 316
 288
 454


 Dumfries and Galloway
 62
 66
 71
 64


 Fife 
 198
 180
 145
 234


 Grampian 
 444
 378
 335
 428


 Lothian and Borders 
 397
 340
 446
 672


 Northern 
 235
 280
 302
 302


 Strathclyde 
 2,684
 2,977
 3,062
 4,516


 Tayside 
 538
 430
 573
 560


 Scotland4
 4,849
 4,967
 5,222
 7,230



  Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Approximate Local Authority Area6, 2000-03

  

 Local Authority Area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 20035


 
 Petty Assault


 Aberdeen City 
 514
 576
 631
 759


 Aberdeenshire 
 276
 299
 313
 301


 Angus 
 305
 357
 358
 358


 Argyll and Bute 
 177
 173
 151
 192


 Clackmannanshire 
 95
 104
 98
 124


 Dumfries and Galloway
 270
 289
 309
 400


 Dundee City 
 514
 490
 569
 580


 East Ayrshire 
 513
 475
 406
 467


 East Dunbartonshire
 14
 14
 16
 14


 East Lothian 
 116
 99
 127
 130


 East Renfrewshire 
 6
 10
 13
 12


 Edinburgh, City of 
 1,072
 1,005
 1,170
 1,058


 Eilean Siar 
 51
 60
 44
 65


 Falkirk 
 373
 346
 406
 377


 Fife 
 488
 683
 632
 624


 Glasgow City 
 1,682
 1,815
 1,786
 1,973


 Highland 
 458
 536
 563
 655


 Inverclyde 
 201
 208
 242
 191


 Midlothian 
 21
 37
 22
 33


 Moray 
 175
 209
 215
 256


 North Ayrshire 
 41
 40
 22
 49


 North Lanarkshire 
 342
 408
 393
 446


 Orkney Islands 
 23
 29
 36
 37


 Perth and Kinross 
 163
 237
 259
 258


 Renfrewshire 
 387
 417
 340
 375


 Scottish Borders 
 134
 163
 207
 240


 Shetland Islands 
 38
 27
 41
 61


 South Ayrshire 
 486
 380
 425
 414


 South Lanarkshire 
 615
 658
 768
 823


 Stirling 
 133
 178
 214
 223


 West Dunbartonshire
 175
 206
 147
 177


 West Lothian 
 330
 286
 336
 316


 Other7
 54
 31
 38
 42


 Scotland4
 10,242
 10,845
 11,297
 12,032


 
 Breach of the Peace


 Aberdeen City 
 497
 513
 519
 637


 Aberdeenshire 
 259
 256
 250
 212


 Angus 
 325
 361
 358
 423


 Argyll and Bute 
 233
 365
 305
 360


 Clackmannanshire 
 110
 121
 147
 159


 Dumfries and Galloway
 340
 347
 301
 372


 Dundee City 
 758
 754
 799
 879


 East Ayrshire 
 448
 506
 437
 514


 East Dunbartonshire
 61
 76
 37
 67


 East Lothian 
 109
 95
 130
 101


 East Renfrewshire 
 30
 45
 26
 56


 Edinburgh, City of 
 1,042
 1,032
 1,068
 989


 Eilean Siar 
 75
 40
 50
 83


 Falkirk 
 380
 452
 434
 410


 Fife 
 564
 581
 626
 583


 Glasgow City 
 2,523
 2,278
 2,664
 2,683


 Highland 
 682
 761
 739
 781


 Inverclyde 
 359
 271
 310
 297


 Midlothian 
 72
 59
 60
 52


 Moray 
 194
 203
 183
 226


 North Ayrshire 
 191
 179
 103
 109


 North Lanarkshire 
 976
 1,096
 1,052
 1,101


 Orkney Islands 
 12
 14
 15
 17


 Perth and Kinross 
 265
 362
 321
 313


 Renfrewshire 
 432
 458
 395
 478


 Scottish Borders 
 160
 234
 302
 259


 Shetland Islands 
 24
 18
 27
 38


 South Ayrshire 
 569
 517
 621
 643


 South Lanarkshire 
 799
 978
 983
 1,090


 Stirling 
 174
 177
 215
 240


 West Dunbartonshire
 289
 324
 314
 303


 West Lothian 
 272
 288
 325
 251


 Other7
 2
 11
 8
 7


 Scotland4
 13,226
 13,775
 14,124
 14,733


 
 Drunkenness


 Aberdeen City 
 2
 -
 1
 2


 Aberdeenshire 
 5
 2
 1
 1


 Angus 
 2
 -
 1
 1


 Argyll and Bute 
 41
 20
 20
 29


 Clackmannanshire 
 2
 1
 -
 1


 Dumfries and Galloway
 -
 -
 -
 1


 Dundee City 
 15
 28
 11
 15


 East Ayrshire 
 27
 23
 14
 17


 East Dunbartonshire
 1
 2
 2
 -


 East Lothian 
 3
 -
 3
 -


 Edinburgh, City of 
 6
 8
 8
 12


 Eilean Siar 
 9
 7
 6
 5


 Falkirk 
 2
 -
 1
 2


 Fife 
 2
 5
 3
 10


 Glasgow City 
 30
 17
 19
 39


 Highland 
 116
 95
 128
 119


 Inverclyde 
 60
 48
 40
 30


 Midlothian 
 -
 1
 -
 2


 Moray 
 15
 11
 6
 14


 North Ayrshire 
 20
 17
 6
 4


 North Lanarkshire 
 4
 5
 2
 2


 Orkney Islands 
 6
 2
 -
 2


 Perth and Kinross 
 3
 2
 5
 3


 Renfrewshire 
 4
 2
 2
 -


 Scottish Borders 
 5
 1
 12
 3


 Shetland Islands 
 7
 -
 6
 9


 South Ayrshire 
 18
 23
 47
 38


 South Lanarkshire 
 3
 17
 4
 2


 Stirling 
 3
 1
 3
 1


 West Dunbartonshire
 19
 17
 28
 42


 West Lothian 
 4
 16
 5
 5


 Scotland4
 434
 371
 384
 411


 
 Other Miscellaneous Offences8


 Aberdeen City 
 235
 217
 208
 269


 Aberdeenshire 
 166
 112
 101
 96


 Angus 
 140
 132
 164
 151


 Argyll and Bute 
 78
 84
 74
 66


 Clackmannanshire 
 74
 48
 37
 72


 Dumfries and Galloway
 62
 66
 71
 64


 Dundee City 
 341
 231
 327
 319


 East Ayrshire 
 205
 165
 151
 232


 East Dunbartonshire
 15
 34
 29
 17


 East Lothian 
 38
 27
 19
 65


 East Renfrewshire 
 6
 15
 20
 48


 Edinburgh, City of 
 233
 182
 204
 261


 Eilean Siar 
 21
 15
 24
 12


 Falkirk 
 160
 150
 164
 225


 Fife 
 198
 180
 145
 234


 Glasgow City 
 585
 757
 867
 785


 Highland 
 188
 235
 255
 258


 Inverclyde 
 207
 191
 139
 238


 Midlothian 
 15
 6
 8
 22


 Moray 
 42
 49
 26
 63


 North Ayrshire 
 144
 100
 59
 206


 North Lanarkshire 
 547
 562
 692
 1,548


 Orkney Islands 
 7
 11
 5
 9


 Perth and Kinross 
 57
 66
 82
 89


 Renfrewshire 
 166
 116
 112
 204


 Scottish Borders 
 26
 43
 67
 92


 Shetland Islands 
 19
 19
 18
 22


 South Ayrshire 
 200
 194
 195
 302


 South Lanarkshire 
 473
 714
 639
 741


 Stirling 
 56
 118
 87
 157


 West Dunbartonshire
 50
 43
 79
 123


 West Lothian 
 82
 81
 147
 232


 Other7
 13
 4
 7
 7


 Scotland4
 4,849
 4,967
 5,222
 7,230



  Notes:

  1. Trends in the recorded crime figures between 2003 and 2004 have been affected by the introduction in April 2004 of the Scottish Crime Recording Standard. As anticipated, this increased the numbers of minor crimes recorded by the police, such as vandalism, petty assault, breach of the peace and minor thefts.

  2. Figures for persons proceeded against may be underestimates due to recording delays.

  3. Where main offence.

  4. Scotland totals for court proceedings statistics may contain a small number of cases where the police force area and/or local authority area are unknown.

  5. Includes estimated data.

  6. Incorporates an approximate mapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courts will deal with cases from more than one local authority area. Some local authority areas, including East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Midlothian and North Ayrshire, do not contain a sheriff court.

  7. Includes High Court cases and those where court location is not known.

  8. Excludes breach of social work orders.

Justice

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) recorded cases of, (b) prosecutions for and (c) convictions for (i) dangerous and careless driving, (ii) drunk driving, (iii) speeding, (iv) unlawful use of a vehicle, (v) vehicle defect offences and (vi) other motor vehicle offences there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by (1) police force and (2) local authority area.

Cathy Jamieson: The available information is given in the following tables. The court proceedings statistics for 2004-05 are scheduled for publication in March 2006.

  The statistics dealing with recorded crime and court proceedings are not directly comparable as a person may be proceeded against for more than one crime involving more than one victim and there is the possibility that the crime recorded by the police may be altered in the course of judicial proceedings. Also a crime may be recorded by the police in one year and court proceedings concluded in a subsequent year.

  Selected Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, by Police Force Area, 2000-041

  

 Police Force Area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 2003
 2004


 
 Dangerous and Careless Driving


 Central
 391
 410
 445
 438
 418


 Dumfries and Galloway
 391
 302
 392
 415
 498


 Fife
 1,741
 1,591
 1,806
 941
 658


 Grampian
 2,301
 2,478
 2,473
 2,445
 2,918


 Lothian and Borders
 1,046
 928
 952
 978
 1,002


 Northern
 619
 709
 769
 971
 1,006


 Strathclyde
 5,075
 4,756
 4,964
 4,963
 5,130


 Tayside
 738
 781
 899
 1,143
 1,102


 Scotland
 12,302
 11,955
 12,700
 12,294
 12,732


 
 Drink Driving


 Central
 580
 678
 705
 605
 606


 Dumfries and Galloway
 260
 278
 250
 237
 289


 Fife
 654
 662
 840
 824
 699


 Grampian
 1,045
 1,165
 1,271
 1,310
 1,277


 Lothian and Borders
 1,775
 1,794
 1,801
 1,697
 1,654


 Northern
 785
 863
 890
 973
 887


 Strathclyde
 4,710
 5,002
 5,049
 4,812
 4,855


 Tayside
 903
 961
 976
 1,108
 944


 Scotland
 10,712
 11,403
 11,782
 11,566
 11,211


 
 Speeding


 Central
 6,087
 5,706
 5,970
 13,669
 7,872


 Dumfries and Galloway
 9,963
 8,440
 6,752
 10,786
 18,887


 Fife
 7,017
 8,159
 9,628
 8,920
 11,069


 Grampian
 11,169
 8,888
 11,124
 26,134
 23,497


 Lothian and Borders
 21,015
 21,043
 17,736
 31,988
 63,712


 Northern
 5,944
 6,284
 7,177
 6,620
 6,099


 Strathclyde
 43,971
 47,435
 40,060
 63,576
 60,931


 Tayside
 11,584
 17,285
 13,358
 19,255
 23,991


 Scotland
 116,750
 123,240
 111,805
 180,948
 216,058


 
 Unlawful Use of a Vehicle


 Central
 3,791
 5,711
 5,909
 5,379
 4,298


 Dumfries and Galloway
 2,792
 2,494
 2,569
 2,447
 2,616


 Fife
 8,309
 7,304
 7,881
 8,016
 7,027


 Grampian
 7,426
 8,008
 9,071
 7,437
 6,037


 Lothian and Borders
 13,661
 12,821
 10,412
 11,420
 10,126


 Northern
 3,180
 3,215
 3,659
 3,347
 3,168


 Strathclyde
 39,604
 41,576
 43,392
 44,977
 33,445


 Tayside
 6,450
 6,968
 8,167
 10,314
 7,951


 Scotland
 85,213
 88,097
 91,060
 93,337
 74,668


 
 Vehicle Defect Offences


 Central
 3,497
 5,760
 4,845
 4,041
 3,564


 Dumfries and Galloway
 906
 662
 643
 606
 700


 Fife
 8,168
 6,500
 4,565
 1,963
 1,200


 Grampian
 2,182
 2,462
 3,074
 2,508
 2,856


 Lothian and Borders
 6,439
 6,671
 6,726
 6,074
 6,361


 Northern
 2,372
 2,466
 3,157
 2,581
 2,396


 Strathclyde
 23,774
 21,605
 21,476
 21,056
 8,538


 Tayside
 984
 1,171
 1,772
 2,367
 2,949


 Scotland
 48,322
 47,297
 46,258
 41,196
 28,564


 
 Other Motor Vehicle Offences


 Central
 2,950
 3,412
 3,429
 3,636
 4,065


 Dumfries and Galloway
 2,171
 1,371
 1,381
 1,611
 2,208


 Fife
 5,954
 5,607
 4,664
 4,069
 3,867


 Grampian
 7,617
 7,151
 6,358
 4,052
 4,994


 Lothian and Borders
 14,851
 17,107
 15,301
 15,210
 19,853


 Northern
 2,969
 2,455
 3,017
 2,531
 2,454


 Strathclyde
 33,225
 39,520
 29,400
 32,593
 37,759


 Tayside
 2,736
 3,481
 4,161
 6,450
 9,762


 Scotland
 72,473
 80,104
 67,711
 70,152
 84,962



  Selected Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, by Local Authority Area, 2000-041

  

 Local Authority Area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 2003
 2004


 
 Dangerous and Careless Driving


 Aberdeen City
 1,075
 1,149
 1,147
 1,060
 1,307


 Aberdeenshire
 875
 926
 888
 972
 1,189


 Angus
 208
 240
 307
 365
 373


 Argyll and Bute
 315
 295
 304
 327
 344


 Clackmannanshire
 49
 40
 78
 91
 75


 Dumfries and Galloway
 391
 302
 392
 415
 498


 Dundee City
 264
 291
 301
 379
 365


 East Ayrshire
 219
 183
 242
 207
 205


 East Dunbartonshire
 141
 135
 145
 135
 142


 East Lothian
 108
 108
 96
 108
 163


 East Renfrewshire
 119
 109
 132
 129
 116


 Edinburgh, City of
 469
 426
 411
 446
 458


 Eilean Siar
 42
 52
 59
 80
 98


 Falkirk
 189
 209
 194
 171
 166


 Fife
 1,741
 1,591
 1,806
 941
 658


 Glasgow City
 1,704
 1,639
 1,787
 1,799
 1,756


 Highland
 525
 602
 628
 803
 823


 Inverclyde
 201
 193
 183
 161
 178


 Midlothian
 114
 86
 115
 109
 81


 Moray
 351
 403
 438
 413
 422


 North Ayrshire
 157
 175
 205
 196
 207


 North Lanarkshire
 597
 598
 595
 686
 734


 Orkney Islands
 29
 44
 57
 53
 55


 Perth and Kinross
 266
 250
 291
 399
 364


 Renfrewshire
 383
 404
 361
 365
 385


 Scottish Borders
 161
 130
 160
 180
 176


 Shetland Islands
 23
 11
 25
 35
 30


 South Ayrshire
 323
 206
 250
 177
 180


 South Lanarkshire
 752
 655
 615
 602
 670


 Stirling
 153
 161
 173
 176
 177


 West Dunbartonshire
 164
 164
 145
 179
 213


 West Lothian
 194
 178
 170
 135
 124


 Scotland
 12,302
 11,955
 12,700
 12,294
 12,732


 
 Drink Driving


 Aberdeen City
 457
 524
 559
 615
 578


 Aberdeenshire
 408
 417
 474
 448
 480


 Angus
 200
 247
 225
 255
 248


 Argyll and Bute
 221
 251
 286
 268
 277


 Clackmannanshire
 104
 74
 89
 77
 96


 Dumfries and Galloway
 260
 278
 250
 237
 289


 Dundee City
 377
 413
 440
 505
 375


 East Ayrshire
 197
 218
 229
 242
 239


 East Dunbartonshire
 153
 113
 156
 139
 136


 East Lothian
 118
 112
 110
 135
 144


 East Renfrewshire
 81
 97
 104
 116
 108


 Edinburgh, City of
 960
 866
 922
 753
 843


 Eilean Siar
 76
 89
 80
 83
 96


 Falkirk
 268
 361
 325
 325
 319


 Fife
 654
 662
 840
 824
 699


 Glasgow City
 1,626
 1,685
 1,710
 1,666
 1,649


 Highland
 611
 702
 711
 770
 669


 Inverclyde
 141
 174
 176
 166
 147


 Midlothian
 116
 167
 180
 196
 153


 Moray
 180
 224
 238
 247
 219


 North Ayrshire
 210
 264
 254
 255
 273


 North Lanarkshire
 737
 753
 718
 679
 705


 Orkney Islands
 44
 34
 40
 45
 48


 Perth and Kinross
 326
 301
 311
 348
 321


 Renfrewshire
 331
 386
 393
 315
 299


 Scottish Borders
 176
 215
 193
 234
 198


 Shetland Islands
 54
 38
 59
 75
 74


 South Ayrshire
 244
 242
 268
 222
 254


 South Lanarkshire
 562
 605
 553
 558
 573


 Stirling
 208
 243
 291
 203
 191


 West Dunbartonshire
 207
 214
 202
 186
 195


 West Lothian
 405
 434
 396
 379
 316


 Scotland
 10,712
 11,403
 11,782
 11,566
 11,211


 
 Speeding


 Aberdeen City
 4,834
 3,473
 6,548
 20,852
 19,340


 Aberdeenshire
 5,554
 4,524
 4,001
 4,659
 2,780


 Angus
 4,475
 5,468
 4,795
 5,509
 5,210


 Argyll and Bute
 2,741
 1,766
 2,122
 1,772
 1,989


 Clackmannanshire
 823
 709
 723
 1,080
 524


 Dumfries and Galloway
 9,963
 8,440
 6,752
 10,786
 18,887


 Dundee City
 1,300
 1,130
 1,161
 2,553
 7,478


 East Ayrshire
 2,238
 1,152
 1,818
 5,638
 16,622


 East Dunbartonshire
 382
 411
 340
 647
 902


 East Lothian
 1,876
 1,072
 1,884
 1,054
 478


 East Renfrewshire
 898
 1,317
 619
 676
 514


 Edinburgh, City of
 8,241
 9,176
 7,724
 20,250
 43,985


 Eilean Siar
 120
 101
 138
 217
 278


 Falkirk
 2,482
 3,057
 2,816
 4,720
 3,065


 Fife
 7,017
 8,159
 9,628
 8,920
 11,069


 Glasgow City
 25,916
 31,353
 18,805
 18,073
 11,308


 Highland
 5,557
 5,997
 6,846
 6,182
 5,519


 Inverclyde
 1,187
 642
 622
 644
 1,309


 Midlothian
 467
 1,069
 759
 328
 454


 Moray
 781
 891
 575
 623
 1,377


 North Ayrshire
 915
 813
 658
 617
 984


 North Lanarkshire
 2,936
 3,571
 9,685
 28,209
 18,128


 Orkney Islands
 68
 19
 118
 63
 86


 Perth and Kinross
 5,809
 10,687
 7,402
 11,193
 11,303


 Renfrewshire
 1,130
 973
 909
 1,628
 2,427


 Scottish Borders
 8,994
 8,362
 5,748
 9,439
 16,691


 Shetland Islands
 199
 167
 75
 158
 216


 South Ayrshire
 1,210
 860
 1,009
 608
 730


 South Lanarkshire
 3,447
 3,811
 2,930
 4,564
 4,937


 Stirling
 2,782
 1,940
 2,431
 7,869
 4,283


 West Dunbartonshire
 971
 766
 543
 500
 1,081


 West Lothian
 1,437
 1,364
 1,621
 917
 2,104


 Scotland
 116,750
 123,240
 111,805
 180,948
 216,058


 
 Unlawful Use of a Vehicle


 Aberdeen City
 3,945
 4,102
 5,158
 3,954
 3,075


 Aberdeenshire
 2,559
 2,744
 2,502
 2,453
 2,300


 Angus
 1,126
 1,429
 1,642
 2,225
 2,012


 Argyll and Bute
 1,414
 1,434
 1,352
 1,558
 1,060


 Clackmannanshire
 604
 888
 1,073
 1,009
 897


 Dumfries and Galloway
 2,792
 2,494
 2,569
 2,447
 2,616


 Dundee City
 3,422
 3,340
 4,162
 5,558
 3,661


 East Ayrshire
 1,682
 1,578
 1,954
 2,042
 1,473


 East Dunbartonshire
 768
 793
 974
 834
 611


 East Lothian
 936
 959
 689
 757
 862


 East Renfrewshire
 631
 739
 706
 661
 606


 Edinburgh, City of
 6,889
 6,364
 5,430
 6,225
 5,688


 Eilean Siar
 157
 255
 223
 189
 203


 Falkirk
 2,083
 3,083
 2,808
 2,747
 2,107


 Fife
 8,309
 7,304
 7,881
 8,016
 7,027


 Glasgow City
 15,538
 16,499
 18,320
 18,726
 13,548


 Highland
 2,677
 2,727
 3,105
 2,777
 2,706


 Inverclyde
 1,503
 1,320
 1,069
 1,233
 1,223


 Midlothian
 1,334
 1,161
 1,000
 979
 738


 Moray
 922
 1,162
 1,411
 1,030
 662


 North Ayrshire
 1,665
 1,760
 1,654
 1,804
 1,496


 North Lanarkshire
 6,644
 7,268
 7,172
 7,595
 5,379


 Orkney Islands
 155
 128
 169
 125
 92


 Perth and Kinross
 1,902
 2,199
 2,363
 2,531
 2,278


 Renfrewshire
 2,369
 2,448
 2,833
 2,824
 2,003


 Scottish Borders
 1,292
 1,090
 951
 1,054
 946


 Shetland Islands
 191
 105
 162
 256
 167


 South Ayrshire
 1,921
 1,925
 2,130
 1,695
 1,228


 South Lanarkshire
 4,377
 4,663
 4,121
 4,679
 3,648


 Stirling
 1,104
 1,740
 2,028
 1,623
 1,294


 West Dunbartonshire
 1,092
 1,149
 1,107
 1,326
 1,170


 West Lothian
 3,210
 3,247
 2,342
 2,405
 1,892


 Scotland
 85,213
 88,097
 91,060
 93,337
 74,668


 
 Vehicle Defect Offences


 Aberdeen City
 610
 754
 1,034
 627
 781


 Aberdeenshire
 1,261
 1,167
 1,410
 1,306
 1,670


 Angus
 256
 343
 305
 552
 569


 Argyll and Bute
 922
 1,092
 1,153
 1,297
 286


 Clackmannanshire
 461
 691
 680
 701
 637


 Dumfries and Galloway
 906
 662
 643
 606
 700


 Dundee City
 242
 262
 429
 617
 1,028


 East Ayrshire
 1,825
 1,160
 1,557
 1,207
 287


 East Dunbartonshire
 436
 412
 308
 304
 198


 East Lothian
 300
 301
 307
 355
 214


 East Renfrewshire
 380
 457
 401
 326
 275


 Edinburgh, City of
 2,485
 2,725
 2,629
 2,940
 3,121


 Eilean Siar
 52
 120
 157
 103
 54


 Falkirk
 1,951
 3,123
 2,446
 2,125
 1,870


 Fife
 8,168
 6,500
 4,565
 1,963
 1,200


 Glasgow City
 8,639
 6,764
 6,052
 6,058
 3,365


 Highland
 2,117
 2,184
 2,805
 2,239
 2,197


 Inverclyde
 1,333
 1,075
 965
 1,027
 457


 Midlothian
 1,172
 921
 1,071
 692
 889


 Moray
 311
 541
 630
 575
 405


 North Ayrshire
 1,187
 961
 1,473
 1,003
 271


 North Lanarkshire
 2,799
 3,656
 3,576
 4,274
 1,365


 Orkney Islands
 102
 92
 128
 135
 75


 Perth and Kinross
 486
 566
 1,038
 1,198
 1,352


 Renfrewshire
 1,343
 1,129
 1,158
 989
 557


 Scottish Borders
 809
 1,051
 875
 865
 800


 Shetland Islands
 101
 70
 67
 104
 70


 South Ayrshire
 2,210
 1,641
 2,567
 1,830
 374


 South Lanarkshire
 2,240
 2,652
 1,884
 2,333
 862


 Stirling
 1,085
 1,946
 1,719
 1,215
 1,057


 West Dunbartonshire
 460
 606
 382
 408
 241


 West Lothian
 1,673
 1,673
 1,844
 1,222
 1,337


 Scotland
 48,322
 47,297
 46,258
 41,196
 28,564


 
 Other Motor Vehicle Offences


 Aberdeen City
 3,482
 3,430
 3,180
 2,020
 2,414


 Aberdeenshire
 3,191
 2,792
 2,248
 1,537
 1,935


 Angus
 425
 618
 919
 1,394
 1,672


 Argyll and Bute
 928
 683
 806
 1,105
 1,205


 Clackmannanshire
 386
 416
 420
 555
 647


 Dumfries and Galloway
 2,171
 1,371
 1,381
 1,611
 2,208


 Dundee City
 1,098
 1,514
 1,849
 2,988
 4,185


 East Ayrshire
 1,118
 1,014
 936
 983
 1,195


 East Dunbartonshire
 658
 655
 374
 354
 464


 East Lothian
 1,150
 749
 624
 590
 767


 East Renfrewshire
 401
 502
 580
 466
 526


 Edinburgh, City of
 8,166
 8,815
 9,412
 10,866
 15,467


 Eilean Siar
 91
 110
 199
 119
 90


 Falkirk
 1,625
 1,858
 1,865
 1,928
 2,187


 Fife
 5,954
 5,607
 4,664
 4,069
 3,867


 Glasgow City
 16,266
 19,694
 13,872
 17,501
 20,626


 Highland
 2,438
 2,119
 2,496
 2,069
 2,057


 Inverclyde
 1,418
 1,520
 951
 601
 780


 Midlothian
 1,076
 1,002
 779
 614
 715


 Moray
 944
 929
 930
 495
 645


 North Ayrshire
 617
 801
 666
 688
 901


 North Lanarkshire
 3,853
 5,591
 5,000
 4,638
 4,517


 Orkney Islands
 271
 123
 149
 180
 147


 Perth and Kinross
 1,213
 1,349
 1,393
 2,068
 3,905


 Renfrewshire
 1,693
 2,232
 1,676
 1,249
 1,335


 Scottish Borders
 1,572
 1,658
 1,616
 1,310
 996


 Shetland Islands
 169
 103
 173
 163
 160


 South Ayrshire
 1,396
 1,232
 1,326
 1,097
 1,759


 South Lanarkshire
 3,727
 4,240
 2,226
 3,107
 3,367


 Stirling
 939
 1,138
 1,144
 1,153
 1,231


 West Dunbartonshire
 1,150
 1,356
 987
 804
 1,084


 West Lothian
 2,887
 4,883
 2,870
 1,830
 1,908


 Scotland
 72,473
 80,104
 67,711
 70,152
 84,962



  Persons Proceeded Against2 in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Police Force Area, 2000-03

  

 Police force area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 20035


 
 Dangerous and Careless Driving


 Central 
 120
 139
 147
 192


 Dumfries and Galloway
 198
 156
 213
 228


 Fife 
 171
 253
 250
 217


 Grampian 
 432
 484
 445
 610


 Lothian and Borders 
 347
 441
 482
 538


 Northern 
 239
 280
 325
 423


 Strathclyde 
 1,373
 1,463
 1,415
 1,601


 Tayside 
 251
 307
 394
 483


 Scotland4
 3,131
 3,523
 3,671
 4,292


 
 Drink Driving


 Central 
 413
 309
 654
 564


 Dumfries and Galloway
 174
 217
 224
 240


 Fife 
 374
 378
 726
 602


 Grampian 
 825
 833
 945
 1,029


 Lothian and Borders 
 1,181
 1,190
 1,545
 1,424


 Northern 
 516
 575
 694
 739


 Strathclyde 
 2,984
 2,965
 3,515
 3,113


 Tayside 
 604
 661
 807
 839


 Scotland4
 7,071
 7,128
 9,110
 8,550


 
 Speeding8


 Central 
 861
 781
 722
 862


 Dumfries and Galloway
 1,446
 943
 935
 870


 Fife 
 562
 493
 562
 902


 Grampian 
 1,526
 1,206
 1,095
 1,253


 Lothian and Borders 
 1,505
 1,670
 1,691
 1,589


 Northern 
 595
 928
 1,272
 1,653


 Strathclyde 
 3,609
 2,404
 1,726
 2,858


 Tayside 
 1,369
 1,684
 1,717
 2,123


 Scotland4
 11,473
 10,109
 9,720
 12,110


 
 Unlawful Use of a Vehicle


 Central 
 1,363
 1,485
 1,556
 1,543


 Dumfries and Galloway
 625
 584
 613
 633


 Fife 
 1,646
 1,721
 1,895
 1,993


 Grampian 
 1,880
 1,876
 2,086
 2,051


 Lothian and Borders 
 3,532
 3,587
 3,631
 3,757


 Northern 
 655
 523
 710
 730


 Strathclyde 
 7,571
 8,421
 7,744
 7,889


 Tayside 
 1,813
 1,824
 2,148
 2,506


 Scotland4
 19,085
 20,021
 20,383
 21,102


 
 Vehicle Defect Offences


 Central 
 179
 176
 169
 100


 Dumfries and Galloway
 134
 72
 91
 101


 Fife 
 75
 48
 60
 65


 Grampian 
 211
 127
 201
 266


 Lothian and Borders 
 255
 280
 226
 295


 Northern 
 113
 95
 180
 173


 Strathclyde 
 721
 578
 385
 454


 Tayside 
 181
 143
 230
 471


 Scotland4
 1,869
 1,519
 1,542
 1,925


 
 Other Motor Vehicle Offences


 Central 
 486
 439
 475
 339


 Dumfries and Galloway
 294
 212
 161
 195


 Fife 
 274
 265
 237
 266


 Grampian 
 754
 472
 389
 376


 Lothian and Borders 
 1,051
 997
 885
 891


 Northern 
 243
 213
 323
 225


 Strathclyde 
 2,682
 2,718
 2,149
 1,735


 Tayside 
 309
 296
 373
 599


 Scotland4
 6,093
 5,612
 4,992
 4,626



  Persons Proceeded Against2 in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Approximate Local Authority Area6, 2000-03

  

 Local Authority Area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 20035


 
 Dangerous and Careless Driving


 Aberdeen City 
 166
 278
 229
 348


 Aberdeenshire 
 77
 125
 126
 154


 Angus 
 86
 111
 146
 129


 Argyll and Bute 
 92
 89
 76
 78


 Clackmannanshire 
 22
 17
 19
 27


 Dumfries and Galloway
 198
 156
 213
 228


 Dundee City 
 62
 88
 125
 172


 East Ayrshire 
 125
 121
 131
 152


 East Lothian 
 48
 42
 54
 45


 Edinburgh, City of 
 182
 220
 231
 290


 Eilean Siar 
 5
 22
 18
 27


 Falkirk 
 54
 60
 71
 92


 Fife 
 170
 253
 250
 217


 Glasgow City 
 329
 401
 414
 396


 Highland 
 96
 241
 277
 365


 Inverclyde 
 48
 33
 47
 41


 Midlothian 
 -
 -
 -
 1


 Moray 
 60
 81
 89
 107


 North Ayrshire 
 -
 1
 -
 -


 North Lanarkshire 
 64
 97
 100
 91


 Orkney Islands 
 6
 13
 24
 15


 Perth and Kinross 
 103
 108
 123
 182


 Renfrewshire 
 165
 164
 117
 193


 Scottish Borders 
 52
 86
 94
 126


 Shetland Islands 
 5
 3
 6
 16


 South Ayrshire 
 129
 103
 101
 146


 South Lanarkshire 
 314
 348
 355
 398


 Stirling 
 43
 62
 57
 73


 West Dunbartonshire
 107
 105
 72
 105


 West Lothian 
 63
 93
 103
 76


 Other7
 259
 1
 2
 2


 Scotland4
 3,131
 3,523
 3,671
 4,292


 
 Drink Driving


 Aberdeen City 
 295
 459
 552
 588


 Aberdeenshire 
 127
 223
 223
 244


 Angus 
 155
 198
 182
 187


 Argyll and Bute 
 98
 106
 129
 137


 Clackmannanshire 
 74
 46
 48
 83


 Dumfries and Galloway
 174
 217
 224
 240


 Dundee City 
 232
 261
 326
 363


 East Ayrshire 
 267
 305
 278
 300


 East Lothian 
 73
 95
 114
 136


 Edinburgh, City of 
 743
 736
 894
 779


 Eilean Siar 
 8
 58
 73
 52


 Falkirk 
 196
 115
 375
 284


 Fife 
 374
 378
 726
 602


 Glasgow City 
 1,074
 1,040
 1,156
 1,049


 Highland 
 147
 458
 544
 599


 Inverclyde 
 98
 89
 121
 142


 Moray 
 92
 150
 169
 197


 North Ayrshire 
 -
 1
 -
 -


 North Lanarkshire 
 271
 256
 306
 235


 Orkney Islands 
 11
 24
 33
 35


 Perth and Kinross 
 217
 202
 299
 289


 Renfrewshire 
 267
 231
 402
 269


 Scottish Borders 
 90
 126
 159
 195


 Shetland Islands 
 19
 35
 44
 53


 South Ayrshire 
 200
 217
 239
 245


 South Lanarkshire 
 509
 522
 629
 507


 Stirling 
 143
 148
 231
 196


 West Dunbartonshire
 200
 198
 255
 229


 West Lothian 
 275
 233
 378
 314


 Other7
 642
 1
 1
 -


 Scotland4
 7,071
 7,128
 9,110
 8,550


 
 Speeding8


 Aberdeen City 
 227
 431
 431
 732


 Aberdeenshire 
 481
 663
 582
 446


 Angus 
 650
 544
 704
 1,030


 Argyll and Bute 
 187
 164
 171
 253


 Clackmannanshire 
 125
 152
 135
 132


 Dumfries and Galloway
 1,446
 943
 935
 870


 Dundee City 
 147
 147
 146
 200


 East Ayrshire 
 403
 219
 127
 258


 East Dunbartonshire
 31
 41
 20
 38


 East Lothian 
 126
 90
 97
 105


 East Renfrewshire 
 100
 56
 46
 59


 Edinburgh, City of 
 572
 569
 479
 704


 Eilean Siar 
 5
 22
 23
 42


 Falkirk 
 568
 434
 386
 382


 Fife 
 562
 493
 562
 901


 Glasgow City 
 747
 457
 326
 670


 Highland 
 355
 888
 1,230
 1,583


 Inverclyde 
 274
 144
 111
 155


 Midlothian 
 80
 47
 70
 61


 Moray 
 57
 112
 82
 75


 North Ayrshire 
 164
 107
 88
 158


 North Lanarkshire 
 715
 537
 259
 333


 Orkney Islands 
 5
 1
 9
 15


 Perth and Kinross 
 572
 993
 867
 893


 Renfrewshire 
 135
 71
 89
 141


 Scottish Borders 
 565
 726
 803
 495


 Shetland Islands 
 2
 17
 10
 13


 South Ayrshire 
 208
 93
 132
 196


 South Lanarkshire 
 496
 403
 241
 515


 Stirling 
 168
 195
 201
 348


 West Dunbartonshire
 149
 112
 116
 81


 West Lothian 
 162
 238
 242
 224


 Other7
 989
 -
 -
 -


 Scotland4
 11,473
 10,109
 9,720
 12,110


 
 Unlawful Use of a Vehicle


 Aberdeen City 
 927
 1,111
 1,311
 1,272


 Aberdeenshire 
 450
 544
 546
 513


 Angus 
 417
 423
 476
 552


 Argyll and Bute 
 161
 158
 158
 159


 Clackmannanshire 
 170
 207
 215
 335


 Dumfries and Galloway
 625
 584
 613
 633


 Dundee City 
 910
 854
 1,100
 1,358


 East Ayrshire 
 548
 571
 492
 546


 East Dunbartonshire
 16
 18
 14
 8


 East Lothian 
 235
 230
 270
 238


 East Renfrewshire 
 32
 20
 11
 -


 Edinburgh, City of 
 2,285
 2,115
 2,041
 2,167


 Eilean Siar 
 27
 32
 44
 36


 Falkirk 
 801
 868
 825
 717


 Fife 
 1,646
 1,721
 1,893
 1,991


 Glasgow City 
 2,006
 2,782
 2,586
 2,717


 Highland 
 279
 448
 589
 621


 Inverclyde 
 380
 337
 312
 368


 Midlothian 
 119
 45
 68
 59


 Moray 
 131
 221
 229
 264


 North Ayrshire 
 81
 104
 83
 25


 North Lanarkshire 
 852
 1,015
 836
 774


 Orkney Islands 
 8
 14
 40
 28


 Perth and Kinross 
 486
 547
 572
 593


 Renfrewshire 
 632
 537
 549
 650


 Scottish Borders 
 225
 275
 276
 409


 Shetland Islands 
 22
 29
 37
 45


 South Ayrshire 
 599
 548
 672
 691


 South Lanarkshire 
 1,753
 1,920
 1,674
 1,566


 Stirling 
 392
 410
 514
 489


 West Dunbartonshire
 511
 411
 357
 384


 West Lothian 
 668
 922
 975
 883


 Other7
 691
 -
 2
 3


 Scotland4
 19,085
 20,021
 20,383
 21,102


 
 Vehicle Defect Offences


 Aberdeen City 
 31
 43
 101
 117


 Aberdeenshire 
 53
 63
 86
 131


 Angus 
 25
 23
 23
 38


 Argyll and Bute 
 14
 19
 13
 21


 Clackmannanshire 
 11
 14
 5
 7


 Dumfries and Galloway
 134
 72
 91
 101


 Dundee City 
 44
 34
 33
 41


 East Ayrshire 
 54
 30
 23
 20


 East Dunbartonshire
 3
 7
 3
 4


 East Lothian 
 10
 10
 9
 17


 East Renfrewshire 
 8
 4
 3
 16


 Edinburgh, City of 
 161
 134
 127
 173


 Eilean Siar 
 -
 4
 4
 19


 Falkirk 
 105
 117
 119
 48


 Fife 
 75
 48
 60
 65


 Glasgow City 
 148
 136
 79
 104


 Highland 
 42
 87
 167
 142


 Inverclyde 
 37
 32
 26
 53


 Midlothian 
 16
 8
 12
 20


 Moray 
 9
 21
 14
 18


 North Ayrshire 
 24
 11
 9
 22


 North Lanarkshire 
 130
 105
 84
 83


 Orkney Islands 
 3
 2
 4
 5


 Perth and Kinross 
 112
 86
 174
 392


 Renfrewshire 
 32
 23
 18
 42


 Scottish Borders 
 31
 55
 32
 56


 Shetland Islands 
 4
 2
 5
 7


 South Ayrshire 
 71
 38
 38
 38


 South Lanarkshire 
 177
 143
 68
 40


 Stirling 
 63
 45
 45
 45


 West Dunbartonshire
 23
 30
 21
 11


 West Lothian 
 37
 73
 46
 29


 Other7
 180
 -
 -
 -


 Scotland4
 1,869
 1,519
 1,542
 1,925


 
 Other Motor Vehicle Offences


 Aberdeen City 
 172
 208
 179
 190


 Aberdeenshire 
 192
 206
 176
 147


 Angus 
 73
 57
 67
 162


 Argyll and Bute 
 45
 80
 21
 65


 Clackmannanshire 
 44
 45
 45
 48


 Dumfries and Galloway
 294
 212
 161
 195


 Dundee City 
 101
 101
 158
 233


 East Ayrshire 
 174
 137
 92
 77


 East Dunbartonshire
 20
 32
 19
 10


 East Lothian 
 101
 48
 49
 30


 East Renfrewshire 
 15
 21
 16
 54


 Edinburgh, City of 
 695
 658
 505
 542


 Eilean Siar 
 1
 4
 8
 6


 Falkirk 
 301
 271
 293
 163


 Fife 
 274
 265
 237
 266


 Glasgow City 
 1,035
 884
 567
 253


 Highland 
 63
 201
 301
 210


 Inverclyde 
 217
 230
 214
 159


 Midlothian 
 43
 48
 18
 19


 Moray 
 36
 58
 34
 39


 North Ayrshire 
 77
 72
 48
 51


 North Lanarkshire 
 326
 469
 435
 472


 Orkney Islands 
 1
 6
 9
 2


 Perth and Kinross 
 135
 138
 148
 204


 Renfrewshire 
 102
 112
 137
 95


 Scottish Borders 
 84
 95
 113
 116


 Shetland Islands 
 -
 2
 5
 6


 South Ayrshire 
 216
 157
 163
 145


 South Lanarkshire 
 379
 415
 343
 197


 Stirling 
 141
 123
 137
 128


 West Dunbartonshire
 76
 109
 94
 157


 West Lothian 
 128
 148
 200
 184


 Other7
 532
 -
 -
 1


 Scotland4
 6,093
 5,612
 4,992
 4,626



  Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Police Force Area, 2000-03

  

 Police Force Area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 20035


 
 Dangerous and Careless Driving


 Central 
 94
 124
 138
 182


 Dumfries and Galloway
 172
 144
 197
 207


 Fife 
 161
 236
 237
 210


 Grampian 
 412
 445
 416
 569


 Lothian and Borders 
 323
 420
 457
 507


 Northern 
 223
 273
 308
 405


 Strathclyde 
 1,199
 1,293
 1,316
 1,499


 Tayside 
 232
 282
 350
 448


 Scotland4
 2,816
 3,217
 3,419
 4,027


 
 Drink Driving


 Central 
 393
 298
 640
 537


 Dumfries and Galloway
 166
 210
 214
 234


 Fife 
 360
 369
 708
 583


 Grampian 
 784
 811
 920
 1,012


 Lothian and Borders 
 1,122
 1,171
 1,495
 1,381


 Northern 
 499
 568
 679
 715


 Strathclyde 
 2,784
 2,725
 3,430
 3,017


 Tayside 
 583
 640
 768
 801


 Scotland4
 6,691
 6,792
 8,854
 8,280


 
 Speeding8


 Central 
 838
 768
 713
 859


 Dumfries and Galloway
 1,386
 893
 917
 853


 Fife 
 560
 490
 558
 899


 Grampian 
 1,519
 1,205
 1,090
 1,249


 Lothian and Borders 
 1,494
 1,663
 1,681
 1,580


 Northern 
 589
 927
 1,269
 1,648


 Strathclyde 
 3,567
 2,353
 1,701
 2,840


 Tayside 
 1,362
 1,678
 1,707
 2,106


 Scotland4
 11,315
 9,977
 9,636
 12,034


 
 Unlawful Use of a Vehicle


 Central 
 1,218
 1,357
 1,435
 1,425


 Dumfries and Galloway
 475
 474
 545
 527


 Fife 
 1,539
 1,632
 1,770
 1,897


 Grampian 
 1,782
 1,778
 1,974
 1,950


 Lothian and Borders 
 3,257
 3,336
 3,416
 3,525


 Northern 
 592
 505
 661
 675


 Strathclyde 
 6,353
 7,022
 7,143
 7,229


 Tayside 
 1,706
 1,700
 1,948
 2,229


 Scotland4
 16,922
 17,804
 18,892
 19,457


 
 Vehicle Defect Offences


 Central 
 131
 132
 147
 95


 Dumfries and Galloway
 101
 56
 74
 85


 Fife 
 70
 45
 56
 62


 Grampian 
 190
 117
 190
 253


 Lothian and Borders 
 238
 248
 210
 275


 Northern 
 105
 92
 166
 157


 Strathclyde 
 575
 428
 349
 429


 Tayside 
 166
 134
 206
 414


 Scotland4
 1,576
 1,252
 1,398
 1,770


 
 Other Motor Vehicle Offences


 Central 
 437
 399
 446
 320


 Dumfries and Galloway
 232
 191
 147
 176


 Fife 
 260
 241
 210
 256


 Grampian 
 697
 448
 355
 344


 Lothian and Borders 
 950
 884
 839
 833


 Northern 
 218
 202
 313
 207


 Strathclyde 
 2,352
 2,354
 2,043
 1,673


 Tayside 
 291
 271
 339
 548


 Scotland4
 5,437
 4,990
 4,692
 4,357



  Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Approximate Local Authority Area6, 2000-03

  

 Local Authority Area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 20035


 
 Dangerous and Careless Driving


 Aberdeen City 
 157
 253
 212
 315


 Aberdeenshire 
 73
 113
 123
 148


 Angus 
 78
 107
 134
 122


 Argyll and Bute 
 87
 81
 72
 75


 Clackmannanshire 
 15
 16
 18
 26


 Dumfries and Galloway
 172
 144
 197
 207


 Dundee City 
 58
 79
 106
 157


 East Ayrshire 
 116
 109
 127
 148


 East Lothian 
 44
 38
 52
 42


 Edinburgh, City of 
 170
 212
 215
 268


 Eilean Siar 
 3
 21
 17
 26


 Falkirk 
 43
 54
 66
 85


 Fife 
 161
 236
 237
 210


 Glasgow City 
 282
 346
 384
 368


 Highland 
 89
 235
 263
 350


 Inverclyde 
 40
 27
 46
 41


 Midlothian 
 -
 -
 -
 1


 Moray 
 58
 79
 81
 105


 North Lanarkshire 
 51
 83
 90
 87


 Orkney Islands 
 6
 13
 23
 14


 Perth and Kinross 
 96
 96
 110
 169


 Renfrewshire 
 144
 152
 111
 181


 Scottish Borders 
 52
 84
 91
 122


 Shetland Islands 
 4
 3
 5
 15


 South Ayrshire 
 115
 95
 97
 139


 South Lanarkshire 
 277
 308
 323
 368


 Stirling 
 35
 54
 54
 71


 West Dunbartonshire
 87
 91
 64
 91


 West Lothian 
 55
 86
 99
 74


 Other7
 248
 1
 2
 2


 Scotland4
 2,816
 3,217
 3,419
 4,027


 
 Drink Driving


 Aberdeen City 
 282
 445
 529
 575


 Aberdeenshire 
 122
 218
 223
 241


 Angus 
 155
 192
 179
 183


 Argyll and Bute 
 94
 98
 125
 131


 Clackmannanshire 
 69
 41
 48
 78


 Dumfries and Galloway
 166
 210
 214
 234


 Dundee City 
 222
 251
 305
 336


 East Ayrshire 
 259
 296
 275
 298


 East Lothian 
 71
 93
 111
 134


 Edinburgh, City of 
 711
 728
 868
 753


 Eilean Siar 
 6
 55
 72
 50


 Falkirk 
 189
 112
 364
 270


 Fife 
 360
 369
 708
 583


 Glasgow City 
 979
 942
 1,133
 1,018


 Highland 
 143
 455
 530
 580


 Inverclyde 
 95
 85
 118
 141


 Moray 
 91
 147
 167
 196


 North Lanarkshire 
 242
 235
 291
 220


 Orkney Islands 
 10
 23
 33
 33


 Perth and Kinross 
 206
 197
 284
 282


 Renfrewshire 
 253
 210
 396
 256


 Scottish Borders 
 90
 125
 153
 188


 Shetland Islands 
 19
 35
 44
 52


 South Ayrshire 
 192
 211
 233
 242


 South Lanarkshire 
 479
 469
 608
 489


 Stirling 
 135
 145
 228
 189


 West Dunbartonshire
 191
 179
 251
 222


 West Lothian 
 250
 225
 363
 306


 Other7
 610
 1
 1
 -


 Scotland4
 6,691
 6,792
 8,854
 8,280


 
 Speeding8


 Aberdeen City 
 227
 431
 429
 730


 Aberdeenshire 
 480
 662
 581
 445


 Angus 
 648
 543
 699
 1,028


 Argyll and Bute 
 187
 161
 171
 252


 Clackmannanshire 
 124
 152
 135
 132


 Dumfries and Galloway
 1,386
 893
 917
 853


 Dundee City 
 146
 146
 145
 197


 East Ayrshire 
 400
 218
 127
 258


 East Dunbartonshire
 31
 39
 20
 38


 East Lothian 
 126
 90
 96
 102


 East Renfrewshire 
 98
 56
 46
 59


 Edinburgh, City of 
 569
 564
 475
 700


 Eilean Siar 
 5
 22
 23
 42


 Falkirk 
 551
 430
 382
 380


 Fife 
 560
 490
 558
 899


 Glasgow City 
 737
 447
 321
 668


 Highland 
 353
 887
 1,227
 1,578


 Inverclyde 
 272
 142
 111
 155


 Midlothian 
 80
 47
 70
 61


 Moray 
 56
 112
 80
 74


 North Ayrshire 
 163
 107
 87
 158


 North Lanarkshire 
 709
 528
 258
 333


 Orkney Islands 
 5
 1
 9
 15


 Perth and Kinross 
 568
 989
 863
 881


 Renfrewshire 
 130
 68
 89
 141


 Scottish Borders 
 559
 725
 801
 495


 Shetland Islands 
 2
 17
 10
 13


 South Ayrshire 
 207
 91
 132
 194


 South Lanarkshire 
 487
 390
 225
 502


 Stirling 
 163
 186
 196
 347


 West Dunbartonshire
 146
 106
 114
 81


 West Lothian 
 160
 237
 239
 222


 Other7
 980
 -
 -
 -


 Scotland4
 11,315
 9,977
 9,636
 12,034


 
 Unlawful Use of a Vehicle


 Aberdeen City 
 878
 1,051
 1,242
 1,204


 Aberdeenshire 
 423
 521
 519
 489


 Angus 
 396
 391
 446
 501


 Argyll and Bute 
 140
 135
 147
 143


 Clackmannanshire 
 162
 190
 205
 312


 Dumfries and Galloway
 475
 474
 545
 527


 Dundee City 
 854
 788
 995
 1,197


 East Ayrshire 
 496
 523
 466
 531


 East Dunbartonshire
 14
 18
 14
 8


 East Lothian 
 208
 222
 260
 227


 East Renfrewshire 
 28
 20
 11
 -


 Edinburgh, City of 
 2,119
 1,955
 1,911
 2,025


 Eilean Siar 
 21
 32
 40
 31


 Falkirk 
 712
 799
 748
 668


 Fife 
 1,539
 1,632
 1,769
 1,897


 Glasgow City 
 1,666
 2,276
 2,405
 2,519


 Highland 
 244
 432
 547
 574


 Inverclyde 
 345
 311
 303
 352


 Midlothian 
 117
 45
 66
 59


 Moray 
 130
 206
 213
 255


 North Ayrshire 
 80
 102
 81
 25


 North Lanarkshire 
 732
 883
 791
 739


 Orkney Islands 
 7
 14
 39
 28


 Perth and Kinross 
 456
 521
 507
 531


 Renfrewshire 
 533
 436
 496
 581


 Scottish Borders 
 219
 266
 268
 377


 Shetland Islands 
 20
 27
 35
 42


 South Ayrshire 
 527
 493
 622
 632


 South Lanarkshire 
 1,392
 1,511
 1,491
 1,360


 Stirling 
 344
 368
 481
 444


 West Dunbartonshire
 400
 314
 316
 338


 West Lothian 
 594
 848
 911
 837


 Other7
 651
 -
 2
 3


 Scotland4
 16,922
 17,804
 18,892
 19,457


 
 Vehicle Defect Offences


 Aberdeen City 
 28
 38
 97
 113


 Aberdeenshire 
 46
 60
 80
 124


 Angus 
 24
 21
 22
 36


 Argyll and Bute 
 10
 18
 12
 19


 Clackmannanshire 
 8
 13
 4
 7


 Dumfries and Galloway
 101
 56
 74
 85


 Dundee City 
 43
 34
 32
 34


 East Ayrshire 
 44
 21
 22
 19


 East Dunbartonshire
 2
 6
 3
 4


 East Lothian 
 9
 9
 7
 16


 East Renfrewshire 
 8
 4
 3
 16


 Edinburgh, City of 
 148
 116
 114
 160


 Eilean Siar 
 -
 4
 4
 15


 Falkirk 
 77
 87
 106
 44


 Fife 
 70
 45
 56
 62


 Glasgow City 
 112
 98
 65
 99


 Highland 
 39
 85
 154
 130


 Inverclyde 
 34
 26
 24
 49


 Midlothian 
 16
 7
 12
 20


 Moray 
 9
 19
 13
 16


 North Ayrshire 
 23
 9
 9
 22


 North Lanarkshire 
 115
 90
 79
 81


 Orkney Islands 
 3
 1
 3
 5


 Perth and Kinross 
 99
 79
 152
 344


 Renfrewshire 
 23
 15
 15
 41


 Scottish Borders 
 31
 53
 32
 51


 Shetland Islands 
 4
 2
 5
 7


 South Ayrshire 
 55
 27
 37
 35


 South Lanarkshire 
 134
 95
 62
 34


 Stirling 
 46
 32
 37
 44


 West Dunbartonshire
 15
 19
 18
 10


 West Lothian 
 34
 63
 45
 28


 Other7
 166
 -
 -
 -


 Scotland4
 1,576
 1,252
 1,398
 1,770


 
 Other Motor Vehicle Offences


 Aberdeen City 
 151
 194
 157
 171


 Aberdeenshire 
 180
 202
 169
 137


 Angus 
 68
 51
 63
 150


 Argyll and Bute 
 36
 71
 21
 65


 Clackmannanshire 
 40
 42
 40
 46


 Dumfries and Galloway
 232
 191
 147
 176


 Dundee City 
 99
 91
 142
 207


 East Ayrshire 
 156
 118
 87
 73


 East Dunbartonshire
 20
 29
 19
 10


 East Lothian 
 93
 42
 48
 28


 East Renfrewshire 
 15
 21
 16
 54


 Edinburgh, City of 
 630
 577
 466
 499


 Eilean Siar 
 -
 4
 8
 5


 Falkirk 
 268
 248
 277
 153


 Fife 
 260
 241
 210
 256


 Glasgow City 
 932
 755
 531
 228


 Highland 
 60
 192
 292
 194


 Inverclyde 
 202
 216
 211
 155


 Midlothian 
 43
 47
 18
 19


 Moray 
 33
 52
 29
 36


 North Ayrshire 
 77
 71
 47
 51


 North Lanarkshire 
 296
 437
 426
 471


 Orkney Islands 
 1
 5
 8
 1


 Perth and Kinross 
 124
 129
 134
 191


 Renfrewshire 
 76
 90
 127
 88


 Scottish Borders 
 82
 92
 111
 108


 Shetland Islands 
 -
 1
 5
 6


 South Ayrshire 
 180
 125
 155
 140


 South Lanarkshire 
 310
 341
 316
 188


 Stirling 
 129
 109
 129
 121


 West Dunbartonshire
 52
 80
 87
 150


 West Lothian 
 102
 126
 196
 179


 Other7
 490
 -
 -
 1


 Scotland4
 5,437
 4,990
 4,692
 4,357



  Notes:

  1. Trends in the recorded crime figures between 2003 and 2004 have been affected by the introduction in April 2004 of the Scottish Crime Recording Standard. As anticipated, this increased the numbers of minor crimes recorded by the police, such as vandalism, petty assault, breach of the peace and minor thefts.

  2. Figures for persons proceeded against may be underestimates due to recording delays.

  3. Where main offence.

  4. Scotland totals for court proceedings statistics may contain a small number of cases where the police force area and/or local authority area are unknown.

  5. Includes estimated data.

  6. Incorporates an approximate mapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courts will deal with cases from more than one local authority area. Some local authority areas, including East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Midlothian and North Ayrshire, do not contain a sheriff court.

  7. Includes High Court cases and those where court location is not known.

  8. Includes clearway and motorway offences.

Justice

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) recorded cases of, (b) prosecutions for and (c) convictions for drug crimes there have been in each of the last five years, broken down into (i) illegal importation of drugs, (ii) illegal cultivation of drugs, (iii) possession of drugs with intent to supply, (iv) possession of drugs, (v) money laundering-related drugs offences and (vi) other drugs offences, in each (1) police force and (2) local authority area.

Cathy Jamieson: The available information is given in the following tables. The court proceedings statistics for 2004-05 are scheduled for publication in March 2006.

  The statistics dealing with recorded crime and court proceedings are not directly comparable as a person may be proceeded against for more than one crime involving more than one victim and there is the possibility that the crime recorded by the police may be altered in the course of judicial proceedings. Also a crime may be recorded by the police in one year and court proceedings concluded in a subsequent year.

  Selected Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, By Police Force area, 2000-041

  

 Police Force Area
 2000
 2001
 2002
 2003
 2004


 
 Illegal Importation of Drugs


 Central
 -
 -
 -
 2
 1


 Dumfries and Galloway
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Fife
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Grampian
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Lothian and Borders
 1
 3
 -
 1
 -


 Northern
 -
 -
 1
 -
 -


 Strathclyde
 -
 1
 2
 -
 1


 Tayside
 -
 -
 -
 -
 -


 Scotland
 1
 4
 3
 3
 2


 
 Illegal Production, Manufacture or Cultivation of Drugs


 Central
 2
 5
 3
 5
 22


 Dumfries and Galloway
 4
 1
 6
 5
 5


 Fife
 13
 23
 42
 32
 34


 Grampian
 4
 3
 7
 21
 28


 Lothian and Borders
 34
 35
 41
 52
 47


 Northern
 7
 7
 16
 17
 11


 Strathclyde
 47
 57
 59
 83
 88


 Tayside
 4
 6
 11
 19
 16


 Scotland
 115
 137
 185
 234
 251


 
 Supply, Possession of Drugs with Intent to Supply


 Central
 409
 696
 483
 466
 593


 Dumfries and Galloway
 215
 280
 342
 404
 289


 Fife
 448
 623
 672
 501
 583


 Grampian
 625
 689
 834
 608
 707


 Lothian and Borders
 1,530
 1,05
 2,085
 1,522
 1,986


 Northern
 194
 356
 330
 331
 373


 Strathclyde
 4,701
 5,011
 4,607
 4,261
 3,841


 Tayside
 523
 592
 786
 714
 775


 Scotland
 8,645
 10,152
 10,139
 8,807
 9,147


 
 Possession of Drugs


 Central
 867
 1,260
 1,427
 1,461
 1,501


 Dumfries and Galloway
 228
 362
 416
 504
 587


 Fife
 786
 997
 1,228
 1,270
 1,269


 Grampian
 1,676
 1,897
 2,308
 2,149
 2,383


 Lothian and Borders
 3,596
 3,596
 4,432
 3,803
 4,152


 Northern
 876
 1,241
 1,299
 1,490
 1,438


 Strathclyde
 13,065
 14,793
 16,841
 18,300
 18,808


 Tayside
 1,097
 1,450
 1,817
 2,164
 2,636


 Scotland
 22,191
 25,596
 29,768
 31,141
 32,774


 
 Other Drug Offences


 Central
 7
 16
 4
 11
 7


 Dumfries and Galloway
 1
 6
 11
 6
 6


 Fife
 1
 2
 2
 1
 -


 Grampian
 14
 9
 3
 7
 4


 Lothian and Borders
 37
 27
 32
 26
 31


 Northern
 7
 3
 10
 4
 22


 Strathclyde
 412
 221
 221
 224
 137


 Tayside
 -
 2
 1
 1
 3


 Scotland
 479
 286
 284
 280
 210



  Selected Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, by Local Authority Area, 2000-041

  

Police Force Area

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

 

Serious Assault etc8


Central

248

315

330

350

290


Dumfries and Galloway

79

116

135

145

143


Fife

318

326

349

333

329


Grampian

468

359

382

404

382


Lothian and Borders

894

833

924

832

843


Northern

277

254

262

234

273


Strathclyde

4,399

4,800

4,947

4,999

5,327


Tayside

280

293

302

252

319


Scotland

6,963

7,296

7,631

7,549

7,906

 

Robbery


Central

74

82

94

65

68


Dumfries and Galloway

51

35

67

49

39


Fife

158

168

215

178

227


Grampian

272

265

292

252

213


Lothian and Borders

742

716

799

748

710


Northern

24

26

28

39

49


Strathclyde

2,966

2,791

3,295

2,691

2,475


Tayside

133

145

148

137

181


Scotland

4,420

4,228

4,938

4,159

3,962

 

Other Non-Sexual Crimes of Violence


Central

75

141

107

86

125


Dumfries and Galloway

24

19

19

23

12


Fife

150

163

251

117

116


Grampian

662

481

419

385

251


Lothian and Borders

1,139

815

1,189

913

884


Northern

136

130

111

169

155


Strathclyde

1,456

1,679

1,678

1,628

1,651


Tayside

171

128

118

201

135


Scotland

3,813

3,556

3,892

3,522

3,329



  Selected Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, by Local Authority Area, 2000-041

  

Local Authority Area

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004




Serious Assault etc8


Aberdeen City

265

207

200

242

216


Aberdeenshire

141

109

115

108

115


Angus

62

78

64

60

65


Argyll and Bute

97

84

105

102

107


Clackmannanshire

56

68

75

59

71


Dumfries and Galloway

79

116

135

145

143


Dundee City

153

134

151

135

170


East Ayrshire

198

254

221

167

250


East Dunbartonshire

94

100

89

78

101


East Lothian

55

52

83

62

70


East Renfrewshire

77

74

63

70

80


Edinburgh, City of

489

478

508

432

463


Eilean Siar

7

8

21

18

20


Falkirk

132

165

167

187

128


Fife

318

326

349

333

329


Glasgow City

2,052

2,329

2,415

2,654

2,580


Highland

249

224

214

189

236


Inverclyde

172

214

221

231

231


Midlothian

91

63

75

87

63


Moray

62

43

67

54

51


North Ayrshire

235

236

236

231

265


North Lanarkshire

441

435

418

366

477


Orkney Islands

1

10

8

12

6


Perth and Kinross

65

81

87

57

84


Renfrewshire

309

328

329

305

316


Scottish Borders

88

89

103

75

89


Shetland Islands

20

12

19

15

11


South Ayrshire

129

161

174

145

159


South Lanarkshire

378

376

425

407

507


Stirling

60

82

88

104

91


West Dunbartonshire

217

209

251

243

254


West Lothian

171

151

155

176

158


Scotland

6,963

7,296

7,631

7,549

7,906

 

Robbery


Aberdeen City

217

209

237

201

156


Aberdeenshire

34

29

40

45

47


Angus

15

16

15

16

17


Argyll and Bute

22

30

24

17

15


Clackmannanshire

6

11

27

12

14


Dumfries and Galloway

51

35

67

49

39


Dundee City

91

85

103

90

119


East Ayrshire

114

113

94

43

56


East Dunbartonshire

49

49

39

26

22


East Lothian

27

15

21

17

11


East Renfrewshire

50

36

59

61

60


Edinburgh, City of

600

607

663

616

582


Eilean Siar

1

-

-

-

2


Falkirk

37

40

44

27

26


Fife

158

168

215

178

227


Glasgow City

1,722

1,538

1,811

1,557

1,460


Highland

23

26

28

39

47


Inverclyde

92

84

111

78

67


Midlothian

35

20

24

24

24


Moray

21

27

15

6

10


North Ayrshire

102

119

170

111

98


North Lanarkshire

174

160

204

172

149


Orkney Islands

-

-

-

-

-


Perth and Kinross

27

44

30

31

45


Renfrewshire

269

341

324

277

194


Scottish Borders

12

12

15

11

12


Shetland Islands

-

-

-

-

-


South Ayrshire

61

44

67

39

40


South Lanarkshire

199

185

281

205

185


Stirling

31

31

23

26

28


West Dunbartonshire

112

92

111

105

129


West Lothian

68

62

76

80

81


Scotland

4,420

4,228

4,938

4,159

3,962

 

Other Non-Sexual Crimes of Violence


Aberdeen City

324

239

212

186

151


Aberdeenshire

222

168

128

123

62


Angus

50

32

22

37

35


Argyll and Bute

66

93

73

66

57


Clackmannanshire

13

41

22

19

39


Dumfries and Galloway

24

19

19

23

12


Dundee City

87

74

67

127

76


East Ayrshire

61

69

80

76

60


East Dunbartonshire

42

36

47

33

40


East Lothian

113

41

50

80

61


East Renfrewshire

28

20

25

31

17


Edinburgh, City of

784

575

790

565

538


Eilean Siar

31

8

16

12

16


Falkirk

48

58

53

44

58


Fife

150

163

251

117

116


Glasgow City

637

714

683

705

691


Highland

100

117

92

146

134


Inverclyde

81

70

65

69

51


Midlothian

96

37

56

68

74


Moray

116

74

79

76

38


North Ayrshire

90

74

112

81

88


North Lanarkshire

104

166

215

173

211


Orkney Islands

2

4

3

6

2


Perth and Kinross

34

22

29

37

24


Renfrewshire

56

123

98

91

89


Scottish Borders

68

61

184

68

72


Shetland Islands

3

1

-

5

3


South Ayrshire

61

51

58

86

72


South Lanarkshire

93

96

111

111

165


Stirling

14

42

32

23

28


West Dunbartonshire

137

167

111

106

110


West Lothian

78

101

109

132

139


Scotland

3,813

3,556

3,892

3,522

3,329



  Persons Proceeded Against2 in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Police Force Area, 2000-03

  

Police Force Area

2000

2001

2002

20035

 

Serious Assault etc8


Central 

91

91

118

115


Dumfries and Galloway

32

37

59

43


Fife 

68

107

129

78


Grampian 

96

99

99

127


Lothian and Borders 

234

241

326

301


Northern 

70

55

52

94


Strathclyde 

855

958

743

895


Tayside 

170

160

182

152


Scotland4

1,617

1,748

1,708

1,805

 

Robbery


Central 

26

32

28

33


Dumfries and Galloway

22

22

23

19


Fife 

42

58

42

53


Grampian 

41

56

57

82


Lothian and Borders 

99

90

124

83


Northern 

2

6

7

5


Strathclyde 

519

467

400

426


Tayside 

41

42

38

49


Scotland4

792

775

719

750

 

Other Non-Sexual Crimes of Violence


Central 

11

7

14

13


Dumfries and Galloway

6

7

1

2


Fife 

8

10

12

12


Grampian 

16

15

15

20


Lothian and Borders 

35

24

47

64


Northern 

11

11

8

14


Strathclyde 

131

153

155

193


Tayside 

44

41

41

36


Scotland4

262

268

293

354



  Persons Proceeded Against2 in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Approximate Local Authority Area6, 2000-03

  

Local Authority Area

2000

2001

2002

20035

 

Serious Assault etc8


Aberdeen City 

56

43

46

76


Aberdeenshire 

8

12

23

22


Angus 

39

34

36

30


Argyll and Bute 

12

11

10

12


Clackmannanshire 

21

20

17

20


Dumfries and Galloway

29

29

45

37


Dundee City 

78

85

63

80


East Ayrshire 

59

60

41

69


East Lothian 

9

8

15

24


Edinburgh, City of 

121

138

180

161


Eilean Siar 

2

2

-

11


Falkirk 

36

30

50

61


Fife 

66

90

105

70


Glasgow City 

269

345

256

344


Highland 

53

42

34

53


Inverclyde 

24

20

27

31


Midlothian 

-

-

1

1


Moray 

13

14

14

6


North Lanarkshire 

55

55

41

36


Orkney Islands 

2

1

1

5


Perth and Kinross 

30

21

45

29


Renfrewshire 

47

65

54

53


Scottish Borders 

18

33

35

23


Shetland Islands 

-

1

7

4


South Ayrshire 

23

36

25

13


South Lanarkshire 

131

122

59

105


Stirling 

25

28

32

16


West Dunbartonshire

19

40

26

33


West Lothian 

19

24

41

44


Other7

353

338

378

334


Scotland4

1,617

1,748

1,708

1,805

 

Robbery


Aberdeen City 

28

38

30

55


Aberdeenshire 

-

5

5

8


Angus 

4

3

8

10


Argyll and Bute 

-

-

2

1


Clackmannanshire 

4

5

7

9


Dumfries and Galloway

21

15

17

17


Dundee City 

15

25

13

24


East Ayrshire 

39

41

44

39


East Lothian 

-

8

8

4


Edinburgh, City of 

60

52

87

51


Falkirk 

4

12

11

11


Fife 

37

47

34

41


Glasgow City 

182

166

131

163


Highland 

2

2

7

5


Inverclyde 

17

12

7

20


Moray 

2

2

2

2


North Lanarkshire 

13

13

13

11


Perth and Kinross 

11

8

13

9


Renfrewshire 

33

37

32

29


Scottish Borders 

1

4

-

5


Shetland Islands 

-

1

-

-


South Ayrshire 

13

11

14

12


South Lanarkshire 

38

31

40

34


Stirling 

9

9

3

5


West Dunbartonshire

23

12

12

19


West Lothian 

6

2

13

8


Other7

230

213

166

158


Scotland4

792

775

719

750

 

Other Non-Sexual Crimes of Violence


Aberdeen City 

5

5

8

15


Aberdeenshire 

3

5

-

5


Angus 

8

10

4

11


Argyll and Bute 

4

4

5

8


Clackmannanshire 

2

4

3

2


Dumfries and Galloway

6

5

1

2


Dundee City 

24

18

23

17


East Ayrshire 

15

13

15

5


East Lothian 

3

5

1

6


Edinburgh, City of 

23

15

24

40


Eilean Siar 

-

-

-

2


Falkirk 

4

3

7

7


Fife 

8

7

12

11


Glasgow City 

42

72

46

88


Highland 

11

9

7

10


Inverclyde 

2

7

6

9


Moray 

7

4

5

-


North Lanarkshire 

8

8

13

14


Orkney Islands 

-

1

1

1


Perth and Kinross 

11

9

10

8


Renfrewshire 

11

9

12

14


Scottish Borders 

2

1

10

7


Shetland Islands 

-

1

-

-


South Ayrshire 

10

14

12

10


South Lanarkshire 

20

13

33

32


Stirling 

5

-

4

3


West Dunbartonshire

7

10

10

9


West Lothian 

3

3

9

5


Other7

18

13

12

13


Scotland4

262

268

293

354



  Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Police Force Area, 2000-03.

  

Police Force Area

2000

2001

2002

20035

 

Serious Assault etc8


Central 

60

59

90

86


Dumfries and Galloway

25

31

47

35


Fife 

52

78

104

62


Grampian 

73

82

82

102


Lothian and Borders 

179

181

244

238


Northern 

63

48

47

73


Strathclyde 

590

643

646

791


Tayside 

102

100

132

106


Scotland4

1,145

1,222

1,392

1,493

 

Robbery


Central 

20

27

23

32


Dumfries and Galloway

17

22

19

14


Fife 

36

41

38

49


Grampian 

33

50

51

70


Lothian and Borders 

83

79

102

70


Northern 

2

6

6

5


Strathclyde 

405

383

356

362


Tayside 

29

22

30

29


Scotland4

625

632

625

631

 

Other Non-Sexual Crimes Of Violence


Central 

6

6

9

8


Dumfries and Galloway

4

4

1

1


Fife 

6

8

10

9


Grampian 

14

8

12

15


Lothian and Borders 

30

19

32

49


Northern 

8

10

8

6


Strathclyde 

87

98

123

152


Tayside 

33

28

25

23


Scotland4

188

181

220

263



  Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Approximate Local Authority Area6, 2000-03

  

Local authority area

2000

2001

2002

20035

 

Serious Assault etc8


Aberdeen City 

41

35

36

61


Aberdeenshire 

5

8

20

17


Angus 

31

27

25

23


Argyll and Bute 

9

10

7

10


Clackmannanshire 

12

11

15

14


Dumfries and Galloway

22

26

34

29


Dundee City 

35

43

48

57


East Ayrshire 

38

42

37

63


East Lothian 

7

3

8

18


Edinburgh, City of 

84

97

127

126


Eilean Siar 

2

2

-

8


Falkirk 

24

20

32

42


Fife 

51

63

82

55


Glasgow City 

164

226

241

317


Highland 

47

35

29

44


Inverclyde 

14

14

22

28


Moray 

10

13

13

6


North Lanarkshire 

35

28

31

34


Orkney Islands 

2

1

1

3


Perth and Kinross 

15

14

26

14


Renfrewshire 

31

43

51

50


Scottish Borders 

17

27

32

20


Shetland Islands 

-

1

7

4


South Ayrshire 

19

19

22

11


South Lanarkshire 

82

72

48

92


Stirling 

19

19

26

14


West Dunbartonshire

15

20

20

31


West Lothian 

16

21

34

34


Other 7

298

282

318

268


Scotland4

1,145

1,222

1,392

1,493

 

Robbery


Aberdeen City 

22

33

24

43


Aberdeenshire 

-

5

5

8


Angus 

3

3

8

2


Argyll and Bute 

-

-

2

1


Clackmannanshire 

3

5

5

9


Dumfries and Galloway

16

15

14

12


Dundee City 

8

9

11

15


East Ayrshire 

31

34

41

36


East Lothian 

-

3

7

3


Edinburgh, City of 

47

46

70

42


Falkirk 

3

9

8

10


Fife 

31

30

31

39


Glasgow City 

132

121

120

132


Highland 

2

2

6

5


Inverclyde 

9

9

6

19


Moray 

-

2

2

2


North Lanarkshire 

10

9

9

9


Perth and Kinross 

8

5

7

6


Renfrewshire 

18

31

29

27


Scottish Borders 

1

4

-

5


Shetland Islands 

-

1

-

-


South Ayrshire 

10

11

12

12


South Lanarkshire 

30

23

36

30


Stirling 

5

8

3

5


West Dunbartonshire

17

7

12

16


West Lothian 

4

2

10

7


Other 7

215

205

147

136


Scotland4

625

632

625

631

 

Other Non-Sexual Crimes of Violence


Aberdeen City 

4

3

7

11


Aberdeenshire 

3

3

-

4


Angus 

5

5

2

7


Argyll and Bute 

3

1

4

6


Clackmannanshire 

1

3

2

1


Dumfries and Galloway

4

3

1

1


Dundee City 

21

14

12

12


East Ayrshire 

12

9

14

5


East Lothian 

3

3

-

3


Edinburgh, City of 

18

12

15

32


Falkirk 

3

3

4

5


Fife 

6

6

10

8


Glasgow City 

25

48

37

75


Highland 

8

8

7

4


Inverclyde 

1

5

6

6


Moray 

7

2

3

-


North Lanarkshire 

4

6

11

8


Orkney Islands 

-

1

1

1


Perth and Kinross 

7

7

7

4


Renfrewshire 

5

4

9

10


Scottish Borders 

2

1

7

7


Shetland Islands 

-

1

-

-


South Ayrshire 

9

10

11

9


South Lanarkshire 

15

10

22

26


Stirling 

2

-

3

2


West Dunbartonshire

5

3

8

5


West Lothian 

3

3

9

3


Other 7

12

7

8

8


Scotland4

188

181

220

263



  Notes:

  1. Trends in the recorded crime figures between 2003 and 2004 have been affected by the introduction in April 2004 of the Scottish Crime Recording Standard. As anticipated, this increased the numbers of minor crimes recorded by the police, such as vandalism, petty assault, breach of the peace and minor thefts.

  2. Figures for persons proceeded against may be underestimates due to recording delays.

  3. Where main offence.

  4. Scotland totals for court proceedings statistics may contain a small number of cases where the police force area and/or local authority area are unknown.

  5. Includes estimated data.

  6. Incorporates an approximate mapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courts will deal with cases from more than one local authority area. Some local authority areas, including East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Midlothian and North Ayrshire, do not contain a sheriff court.

  7. Includes High Court cases and those where court location is not known.

  8. Includes serious assault, attempted murder and homicide.

Justice

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) recorded cases of, (b) prosecutions for and (c) convictions for (i) housebreaking, (ii) theft by opening a lockfast place, (iii) theft from a motor vehicle, (iv) theft of a motor vehicle, (v) shoplifting, (vi) other theft, (vii) fraud and (viii) other crimes of dishonesty there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by (1) police force and (2) local authority area.

Cathy Jamieson: The available information is given in the following tables. The court proceedings statistics for 2004-05 are scheduled for publication in March 2006.

  The statistics dealing with recorded crime and court proceedings are not directly comparable as a person may be proceeded against for more than one crime involving more than one victim and there is the possibility that the crime recorded by the police may be altered in the course of judicial proceedings. Also a crime may be recorded by the police in one year and court proceedings concluded in a subsequent year.

  Selected Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, by Police Force Area, 2000-041

  

Police Force Area

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

 

Housebreaking


Central

2,173

1,833

1,891

1,815

1,693


Dumfries and Galloway

1,128

755

1,070

759

649


Fife

3,387

3,312

3,067

3,416

3,367


Grampian

7,067

5,508

5,409

4,181

3,915


Lothian and Borders

6,378

6,032

6,384

5,795

6,335


Northern

875

706

792

786

745


Strathclyde

24,393

23,185

21,480

17,775

16,879


Tayside

3,311

3,537

3,715

2,219

2,432


Scotland

48,712

44,868

43,808

36,746

36,015

 

Theft by Opening a Lockfast Place


Central

410

553

673

582

399


Dumfries and Galloway

168

113

117

166

315


Fife

687

631

632

682

807


Grampian

1,703

1,421

1,264

1,137

1,164


Lothian and Borders

1,787

2,016

1,852

1,454

1,577


Northern

453

387

370

363

317


Strathclyde

5,636

2,861

2,483

2,511

2,844


Tayside

461

488

483

499

539


Scotland

11,305

8,470

7,874

7,394

7,962

 

Theft from a Motor Vehicle


Central

875

719

693

738

612


Dumfries and Galloway

321

220

423

448

192


Fife

2,632

2,416

2,295

2,430

2,159


Grampian

3,649

3,224

3,095

2,411

2,072


Lothian and Borders

5,525

5,420

6,026

6,545

5,064


Northern

240

294

188

167

129


Strathclyde

17,935

16,445

17,067

13,034

10,508


Tayside

2,557

2,541

2,339

1,494

1,368


Scotland

33,734

31,279

32,126

27,267

22,104

 

Theft of a Motor Vehicle


Central

831

753

757

672

675


Dumfries and Galloway

213

251

399

321

238


Fife

1,495

1,250

1,459

1,225

1,170


Grampian

1,820

1,694

1,778

1,320

1,111


Lothian and Borders

4,913

4,132

4,210

3,940

3,629


Northern

527

588

464

481

363


Strathclyde

14,393

12,507

11,778

8,780

8,172


Tayside

2,046

2,033

1,650

1,104

961


Scotland

26,238

23,208

22,495

17,843

16,319

 

Shoplifting


Central

1,654

1,487

1,468

1,371

1,511


Dumfries and Galloway

645

548

706

716

608


Fife

1,796

1,773

1,813

2,050

2,290


Grampian

3,209

2,845

2,873

2,537

2,987


Lothian and Borders

5,651

5,548

5,011

4,777

4,848


Northern

694

959

812

824

951


Strathclyde

16,247

16,017

14,346

13,085

13,307


Tayside

2,447

2,398

2,512

2,316

2,823


Scotland

32,343

31,575

29,541

27,676

29,325

 

Other Theft


Central

3,088

2,755

3,006

3,207

3,292


Dumfries and Galloway

1,773

1,563

1,767

2,056

1,777


Fife

4,910

5,036

5,597

6,026

6,950


Grampian

10,256

9,400

8,901

8,208

9,049


Lothian and Borders

17,695

16,771

17,483

17,714

18,022


Northern

2,790

2,441

2,634

2,682

2,850


Strathclyde

31,989

31,040

28,857

26,331

30,095


Tayside

5,559

5,716

6,758

5,719

5,894


Scotland

78,060

74,722

75,003

71,943

77,929

 

Fraud


Central

644

808

1,160

1,293

915


Dumfries and Galloway

307

423

491

491

584


Fife

1,781

1,264

1,240

1,264

1,404


Grampian

3,436

3,015

2,013

1,446

1,583


Lothian and Borders

6,532

4,920

5,082

4,295

6,664


Northern

994

710

1,081

779

813


Strathclyde

6,574

5,659

4,838

4,649

4,428


Tayside

920

611

722

883

1,096


Scotland

21,188

17,410

16,627

15,100

17,487

 

Other Crimes of Dishonesty


Central

350

545

527

436

486


Dumfries and Galloway

126

133

359

200

197


Fife

370

464

548

580

743


Grampian

874

965

994

866

872


Lothian and Borders

3,893

2,932

2,309

1,564

1,645


Northern

358

378

406

271

282


Strathclyde

2,693

2,594

2,548

2,366

2,393


Tayside

692

349

503

622

588


Scotland

9,356

8,360

8,194

6,905

7,206



  Selected Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, by Local Authority Area, 2000-041

  

Local Authority Area

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

 

Housebreaking


Aberdeen City

5,127

3,882

4,071

3,036

2,662


Aberdeenshire

1,372

1,112

954

846

853


Angus

637

546

540

358

356


Argyll and Bute

517

484

439

432

419


Clackmannanshire

435

430

406

253

266


Dumfries and Galloway

1,128

755

1,070

759

649


Dundee City

2,009

2,231

2,470

1,268

1,584


East Ayrshire

1,672

1,503

1,257

1,054

920


East Dunbartonshire

856

697

702

496

462


East Lothian

334

354

441

357

350


East Renfrewshire

659

601

592

656

453


Edinburgh, City of

4,160

3,920

3,896

3,765

4,431


Eilean Siar

46

42

31

38

27


Falkirk

1,084

937

1,017

1,048

948


Fife

3,387

3,312

3,067

3,416

3,367


Glasgow City

9,276

8,468

8,076

6,472

6,139


Highland

732

574

711

710

680


Inverclyde

780

693

970

891

756


Midlothian

423

439

632

601

469


Moray

568

514

384

299

400


North Ayrshire

1,410

1,599

1,387

1,108

1,074


North Lanarkshire

2,596

2,812

2,172

1,738

1,799


Orkney Islands

15

23

23

18

19


Perth and Kinross

665

760

705

593

492


Renfrewshire

2,204

2,183

1,831

1,556

1,707


Scottish Borders

375

309

313

303

329


Shetland Islands

82

67

27

20

19


South Ayrshire

893

840

738

803

656


South Lanarkshire

2,454

2,441

2,305

1,725

1,768


Stirling

654

466

468

514

479


West Dunbartonshire

1,076

864

1,011

844

726


West Lothian

1,086

1,010

1,102

769

756


Scotland

48,712

44,868

43,808

36,746

36,015

 

Theft by Opening a Lockfast Place


Aberdeen City

1,144

969

936

792

740


Aberdeenshire

393

316

241

276

320


Angus

84

123

81

65

63


Argyll and Bute

260

114

109

118

142


Clackmannanshire

57

92

67

82

73


Dumfries and Galloway

168

113

117

166

315


Dundee City

210

181

237

281

272


East Ayrshire

349

120

94

93

131


East Dunbartonshire

134

64

72

57

61


East Lothian

145

117

84

97

156


East Renfrewshire

72

33

39

40

66


Edinburgh, City of

994

1,413

1,322

915

894


Eilean Siar

10

5

19

16

12


Falkirk

225

317

375

307

221


Fife

687

631

632

682

807


Glasgow City

2,139

1,045

959

918

1,038


Highland

423

374

348

345

285


Inverclyde

206

152

100

130

110


Midlothian

238

88

117

131

168


Moray

166

136

87

69

104


North Ayrshire

308

128

135

119

107


North Lanarkshire

660

362

290

309

365


Orkney Islands

7

2

-

1

7


Perth and Kinross

167

184

165

153

204


Renfrewshire

411

331

208

264

303


Scottish Borders

113

151

107

114

140


Shetland Islands

13

6

3

1

13


South Ayrshire

340

137

112

140

125


South Lanarkshire

483

253

237

203

307


Stirling

128

144

231

193

105


West Dunbartonshire

274

122

128

120

89


West Lothian

297

247

222

197

219


Scotland

11,305

8,470

7,874

7,394

7,962

 

Theft from a Motor Vehicle


Aberdeen City

3,107

2,778

2,762

2,171

1,887


Aberdeenshire

363

264

249

168

121


Angus

280

276

202

120

103


Argyll and Bute

142

112

145

88

81


Clackmannanshire

205

176

176

114

85


Dumfries and Galloway

321

220

423

448

192


Dundee City

1,867

1,791

1,741

1,098

1,096


East Ayrshire

598

716

810

647

456


East Dunbartonshire

402

459

246

249

247


East Lothian

267

188

204

246

161


East Renfrewshire

656

506

573

441

301


Edinburgh, City of

4,113

4,219

4,536

5,085

3,904


Eilean Siar

-

5

4

2

2


Falkirk

446

293

306

423

369


Fife

2,632

2,416

2,295

2,430

2,159


Glasgow City

9,077

7,855

8,363

6,488

4,745


Highland

238

288

178

164

123


Inverclyde

436

479

391

391

461


Midlothian

252

281

348

383

320


Moray

179

182

84

72

64


North Ayrshire

548

579

531

525

425


North Lanarkshire

2,022

1,930

1,930

994

1,076


Orkney Islands

-

-

-

1

2


Perth and Kinross

410

474

396

276

169


Renfrewshire

1,373

1,798

1,600

1,703

1,380


Scottish Borders

94

87

144

151

104


Shetland Islands

2

1

6

-

2


South Ayrshire

380

272

379

319

222


South Lanarkshire

1,710

1,390

1,730

968

840


Stirling

224

250

211

201

158


West Dunbartonshire

591

349

369

221

274


West Lothian

799

645

794

680

575


Scotland

33,734

31,279

32,126

27,267

22,104

 

Theft of a Motor Vehicle


Aberdeen City

1,163

1,061

1,204

915

760


Aberdeenshire

394

308

351

280

217


Angus

264

286

238

193

174


Argyll and Bute

177

143

177

143

173


Clackmannanshire

107

111

98

89

97


Dumfries and Galloway

213

251

399

321

238


Dundee City

1,370

1,354

1,089

644

600


East Ayrshire

694

594

855

563

488


East Dunbartonshire

453

395

309

258

243


East Lothian

202

172

247

231

159


East Renfrewshire

278

216

226

169

172


Edinburgh, City of

3,266

2,845

2,708

2,717

2,551


Eilean Siar

30

52

42

63

46


Falkirk

542

459

498

438

417


Fife

1,495

1,250

1,459

1,225

1,170


Glasgow City

5,013

4,356

4,180

3,261

2,739


Highland

443

505

390

389

287


Inverclyde

610

706

478

394

521


Midlothian

280

248

351

341

273


Moray

263

325

223

125

134


North Ayrshire

526

665

581

435

385


North Lanarkshire

2,720

2,325

1,741

1,350

1,384


Orkney Islands

24

23

22

11

13


Perth and Kinross

412

393

323

267

187


Renfrewshire

1,164

1,037

863

718

719


Scottish Borders

144

120

168

159

138


Shetland Islands

30

8

10

18

17


South Ayrshire

276

232

282

212

221


South Lanarkshire

1,910

1,444

1,594

953

846


Stirling

182

183

161

145

161


West Dunbartonshire

572

394

492

324

281


West Lothian

1,021

747

736

492

508


Scotland

26,238

23,208

22,495

17,843

16,319

 

Shoplifting


Aberdeen City

2,333

2,120

2,258

1,810

2,070


Aberdeenshire

557

452

416

480

588


Angus

341

358

342

275

344


Argyll and Bute

198

262

201

200

203


Clackmannanshire

184

187

196

139

200


Dumfries and Galloway

645

548

706

716

608


Dundee City

1,464

1,390

1,506

1,362

1,792


East Ayrshire

679

620

636

481

578


East Dunbartonshire

487

397

381

333

339


East Lothian

210

218

284

154

129


East Renfrewshire

144

164

156

193

188


Edinburgh, City of

4,052

3,877

3,329

3,116

3,308


Eilean Siar

26

21

36

24

28


Falkirk

827

851

809

809

845


Fife

1,796

1,773

1,813

2,050

2,290


Glasgow City

7,658

7,194

6,564

5,435

5,578


Highland

641

912

770

777

883


Inverclyde

523

647

580

476

500


Midlothian

268

290

249

302

284


Moray

319

273

199

247

329


North Ayrshire

748

807

830

873

746


North Lanarkshire

1,692

1,628

1,377

1,382

1,302


Orkney Islands

13

9

3

12

20


Perth and Kinross

642

650

664

679

687


Renfrewshire

936

1,132

880

1,041

1,141


Scottish Borders

289

364

270

317

268


Shetland Islands

14

17

3

11

20


South Ayrshire

800

882

583

631

740


South Lanarkshire

1,247

1,250

1,148

1,150

1,140


Stirling

643

449

463

423

466


West Dunbartonshire

1,135

1,034

1,010

890

852


West Lothian

832

799

879

888

859


Scotland

32,343

31,575

29,541

27,676

29,325

 

Other Theft


Aberdeen City

6,938

6,173

6,194

5,221

5,421


Aberdeenshire

2,258

2,083

1,882

2,174

2,469


Angus

1,160

1,322

1,384

1,228

1,196


Argyll and Bute

677

711

714

751

927


Clackmannanshire

537

412

490

588

489


Dumfries and Galloway

1,773

1,563

1,767

2,056

1,777


Dundee City

2,904

2,784

3,473

2,770

3,042


East Ayrshire

1,321

1,470

1,243

1,119

1,324


East Dunbartonshire

961

856

736

706

751


East Lothian

876

773

1,004

939

971


East Renfrewshire

804

672

651

665

751


Edinburgh, City of

12,906

12,222

12,195

12,777

12,687


Eilean Siar

89

136

172

121

146


Falkirk

1,612

1,519

1,563

1,569

1,699


Fife

4,910

5,036

5,597

6,026

6,950


Glasgow City

13,620

12,761

11,921

10,902

12,144


Highland

2,531

2,161

2,291

2,350

2,463


Inverclyde

810

870

779

907

958


Midlothian

942

872

977

1,141

1,223


Moray

1,060

1,144

825

813

1,159


North Ayrshire

1,596

1,705

1,634

1,392

1,670


North Lanarkshire

3,975

3,968

3,419

2,996

3,478


Orkney Islands

82

59

68

89

118


Perth and Kinross

1,495

1,610

1,901

1,721

1,656


Renfrewshire

2,595

2,578

2,407

2,244

2,694


Scottish Borders

785

790

972

913

1,021


Shetland Islands

88

85

103

122

123


South Ayrshire

1,212

1,374

1,234

1,067

1,319


South Lanarkshire

3,140

2,823

2,900

2,528

2,820


Stirling

939

824

953

1,050

1,104


West Dunbartonshire

1,278

1,252

1,219

1,054

1,259


West Lothian

2,186

2,114

2,335

1,944

2,120


Scotland

78,060

74,722

75,003

71,943

77,929

 

Fraud


Aberdeen City

2,491

2,131

1,398

897

1,028


Aberdeenshire

678

556

420

385

364


Angus

226

109

145

170

164


Argyll and Bute

146

184

109

160

126


Clackmannanshire

84

81

156

255

201


Dumfries and Galloway

307

423

491

491

584


Dundee City

511

337

367

402

665


East Ayrshire

371

258

269

157

167


East Dunbartonshire

122

76

121

91

87


East Lothian

383

261

157

117

259


East Renfrewshire

112

98

45

55

70


Edinburgh, City of

3,885

3,314

3,170

3,273

3,629


Eilean Siar

6

8

10

12

28


Falkirk

360

400

645

613

441


Fife

1,781

1,264

1,240

1,264

1,404


Glasgow City

2,437

2,133

1,951

1,895

1,536


Highland

928

632

981

667

749


Inverclyde

293

233

165

188

141


Midlothian

382

314

237

142

1,814


Moray

267

328

195

164

191


North Ayrshire

393

432

271

157

165


North Lanarkshire

771

606

532

553

465


Orkney Islands

32

46

31

41

17


Perth and Kinross

183

165

210

311

267


Renfrewshire

607

515

334

348

430


Scottish Borders

763

318

428

249

256


Shetland Islands

28

24

59

59

19


South Ayrshire

508

360

272

261

216


South Lanarkshire

529

473

509

611

765


Stirling

200

327

359

425

273


West Dunbartonshire

285

291

260

173

260


West Lothian

1,119

713

1,090

514

706


Scotland

21,188

17,410

16,627

15,100

17,487

 

Other Crimes of Dishonesty


Aberdeen City

572

695

786

536

546


Aberdeenshire

210

179

120

228

258


Angus

107

67

96

93

82


Argyll and Bute

78

57

73

54

56


Clackmannanshire

74

88

72

87

80


Dumfries and Galloway

126

133

359

200

197


Dundee City

405

181

261

354

336


East Ayrshire

122

120

130

122

86


East Dunbartonshire

58

51

66

69

47


East Lothian

232

237

224

107

91


East Renfrewshire

74

58

61

48

70


Edinburgh, City of

2,971

1,991

1,377

988

1,006


Eilean Siar

3

5

29

32

17


Falkirk

157

252

263

208

280


Fife

370

464

548

580

743


Glasgow City

1,244

1,129

1,113

962

921


Highland

322

355

353

202

250


Inverclyde

87

77

78

94

84


Midlothian

193

201

163

141

98


Moray

92

91

88

102

68


North Ayrshire

142

141

175

156

156


North Lanarkshire

279

248

232

233

268


Orkney Islands

17

6

5

22

7


Perth and Kinross

180

101

146

175

170


Renfrewshire

169

188

188

200

240


Scottish Borders

181

297

214

145

286


Shetland Islands

16

12

19

15

8


South Ayrshire

107

93

88

101

92


South Lanarkshire

225

212

228

220

264


Stirling

119

205

192

141

126


West Dunbartonshire

108

220

116

107

109


West Lothian

316

206

331

183

164


Scotland

9,356

8,360

8,194

6,905

7,206



  Persons Proceeded Against2 in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Police Force Area, 2000-03

  

Police Force Area

2000

2001

2002

20035

 

Housebreaking


Central 

124

184

179

174


Dumfries and Galloway

128

118

112

104


Fife 

327

371

308

295


Grampian 

480

469

394

398


Lothian and Borders 

444

385

475

414


Northern 

82

108

86

115


Strathclyde 

1,379

1,417

1,250

1,155


Tayside 

249

239

298

263


Scotland4

3,213

3,291

3,102

2,918

 

Theft by Opening a Lockfast Place8


Central 

65

75

88

80


Dumfries and Galloway

35

28

26

41


Fife 

167

157

171

128


Grampian 

189

148

148

139


Lothian and Borders 

198

259

227

190


Northern 

41

31

42

34


Strathclyde 

1,107

1,039

834

714


Tayside 

155

139

144

134


Scotland4

1,957

1,876

1,680

1,460

 

Theft of a Motor Vehicle


Central 

122

62

76

54


Dumfries and Galloway

29

34

58

64


Fife 

156

156

122

103


Grampian 

235

166

128

137


Lothian and Borders 

317

283

303

246


Northern 

83

64

63

86


Strathclyde 

1,238

1,106

760

661


Tayside 

130

163

170

127


Scotland4

2,310

2,034

1,680

1,478

 

Shoplifting


Central 

520

674

632

504


Dumfries and Galloway

216

192

227

252


Fife 

527

562

483

452


Grampian 

871

960

1,024

913


Lothian and Borders 

1,262

1,247

1,409

1,240


Northern 

174

215

275

257


Strathclyde 

3,913

4,211

4,519

4,010


Tayside 

772

885

900

879


Scotland4

8,255

8,946

9,469

8,507

 

Other Theft


Central 

276

307

319

249


Dumfries and Galloway

220

201

226

169


Fife 

306

313

293

286


Grampian 

517

490

420

454


Lothian and Borders 

704

706

722

609


Northern 

190

184

207

220


Strathclyde 

2,670

2,577

1,840

1,641


Tayside 

428

414

390

430


Scotland4

5,311

5,192

4,417

4,058

 

Fraud


Central 

87

87

99

115


Dumfries and Galloway

61

55

63

63


Fife 

127

129

94

88


Grampian 

205

173

150

145


Lothian and Borders 

326

335

413

368


Northern 

79

65

80

73


Strathclyde 

772

860

578

568


Tayside 

180

156

143

148


Scotland4

1,837

1,860

1,620

1,568

 

Other Crimes of Dishonesty


Central 

94

130

129

104


Dumfries and Galloway

43

59

62

62


Fife 

97

149

117

107


Grampian 

209

226

263

217


Lothian and Borders 

353

359

391

305


Northern 

60

67

75

86


Strathclyde 

1,196

1,169

902

855


Tayside 

233

257

237

299


Scotland4

2,285

2,416

2,176

2,035



  Persons Proceeded Against2 In Scottish Courts For Selected Crimes And Offences3, By Approximate Local Authority Area6, 2000-03

  

Local Authority Area

2000

2001

2002

20035

 

Housebreaking


Aberdeen City 

333

332

266

312


Aberdeenshire 

77

89

92

69


Angus 

54

51

66

52


Argyll and Bute 

41

38

31

30


Clackmannanshire 

27

36

40

50


Dumfries and Galloway

126

118

112

104


Dundee City 

116

118

147

134


East Ayrshire 

177

140

175

128


East Lothian 

19

21

22

45


Edinburgh, City of 

304

245

306

275


Eilean Siar 

3

8

2

9


Falkirk 

66

107

99

81


Fife 

327

371

307

294


Glasgow City 

466

557

470

447


Highland 

67

76

79

88


Inverclyde 

100

69

54

65


Midlothian 

-

-

3

-


Moray 

70

47

36

16


North Ayrshire 

2

-

-

-


North Lanarkshire 

59

74

67

41


Orkney Islands 

5

14

3

4


Perth and Kinross 

79

70

83

77


Renfrewshire 

163

150

139

124


Scottish Borders 

47

48

61

30


Shetland Islands 

7

10

2

14


South Ayrshire 

109

120

111

81


South Lanarkshire 

150

153

151

162


Stirling 

30

41

40

43


West Dunbartonshire

108

115

48

73


West Lothian 

72

69

81

64


Other7

9

3

8

6


Scotland4

3,213

3,291

3,102

2,918

 

Theft by Opening a Lockfast Place8


Aberdeen City 

160

119

125

113


Aberdeenshire 

13

17

16

23


Angus 

33

17

37

17


Argyll and Bute 

11

12

4

8


Clackmannanshire 

7

11

20

18


Dumfries and Galloway

35

28

26

41


Dundee City 

92

90

84

85


East Ayrshire 

80

81

71

69


East Dunbartonshire

0

0

1

0


East Lothian 

5

13

17

14


East Renfrewshire 

-

-

-

-


Edinburgh, City of 

144

179

148

127


Eilean Siar 

-

-

2

-


Falkirk 

37

42

47

42


Fife 

167

156

170

128


Glasgow City 

564

525

418

357


Highland 

38

29

38

34


Inverclyde 

36

39

29

28


Midlothian 

1

2

0

1


Moray 

16

11

7

3


North Ayrshire 

-

1

-

-


North Lanarkshire 

39

40

33

31


Orkney Islands 

-

1

-

-


Perth and Kinross 

30

32

23

32


Renfrewshire 

120

115

102

81


Scottish Borders 

8

15

16

16


Shetland Islands 

3

1

2

0


South Ayrshire 

33

32

32

30


South Lanarkshire 

161

126

105

86


Stirling 

21

22

20

20


West Dunbartonshire

63

68

39

24


West Lothian 

40

50

46

32


Other7

-

2

-

-


Scotland4

1,957

1,876

1,680

1,460

 

Theft of a Motor Vehicle


Aberdeen City 

166

109

72

98


Aberdeenshire 

26

25

30

16


Angus 

29

20

33

15


Argyll and Bute 

19

21

13

12


Clackmannanshire 

22

12

9

11


Dumfries and Galloway

29

34

58

64


Dundee City 

77

91

100

87


East Ayrshire 

97

103

69

70


East Lothian 

17

10

22

22


Edinburgh, City of 

194

201

201

150


Eilean Siar 

8

7

7

10


Falkirk 

57

29

52

30


Fife 

156

156

122

103


Glasgow City 

480

420

251

243


Highland 

61

54

49

65


Inverclyde 

44

56

34

28


Moray 

43

32

25

23


North Lanarkshire 

99

94

51

24


Orkney Islands 

6

3

5

7


Perth and Kinross 

23

52

37

25


Renfrewshire 

124

97

84

68


Scottish Borders 

21

9

23

26


Shetland Islands 

8

-

2

4


South Ayrshire 

42

54

33

50


South Lanarkshire 

245

190

176

128


Stirling 

43

21

15

13


West Dunbartonshire

84

71

49

38


West Lothian 

85

63

55

47


Other7

3

-

2

1


Scotland4

2,310

2,034

1,680

1,478

 

Shoplifting


Aberdeen City 

716

779

864

749


Aberdeenshire 

105

137

118

111


Angus 

86

113

109

102


Argyll and Bute 

27

30

36

31


Clackmannanshire 

52

81

76

86


Dumfries and Galloway

216

192

227

252


Dundee City 

500

549

580

575


East Ayrshire 

313

383

385

383


East Dunbartonshire

50

57

53

46


East Lothian 

30

30

60

47


East Renfrewshire 

19

13

10

18


Edinburgh, City of 

1,049

918

1,045

928


Eilean Siar 

7

5

6

7


Falkirk 

272

356

363

266


Fife 

527

562

483

452


Glasgow City 

1,570

1,566

1,862

1,499


Highland 

160

206

266

246


Inverclyde 

244

241

327

240


Midlothian 

31

49

46

17


Moray 

50

44

42

52


North Ayrshire 

38

6

28

20


North Lanarkshire 

285

409

346

304


Orkney Islands 

3

2

1

1


Perth and Kinross 

186

223

210

202


Renfrewshire 

362

348

302

387


Scottish Borders 

34

57

58

74


Shetland Islands 

4

2

2

2


South Ayrshire 

356

467

427

333


South Lanarkshire 

367

375

518

488


Stirling 

196

236

193

152


West Dunbartonshire

271

315

225

257


West Lothian 

118

193

200

174


Other7

-

2

-

5


Scotland4

8,255

8,946

9,469

8,507

 

Other Theft


Aberdeen City 

342

313

244

310


Aberdeenshire 

97

125

123

95


Angus 

100

79

85

96


Argyll and Bute 

70

98

50

80


Clackmannanshire 

56

51

55

60


Dumfries and Galloway

220

199

225

169


Dundee City 

201

186

179

223


East Ayrshire 

267

298

182

186


East Dunbartonshire

15

6

5

2


East Lothian 

33

28

45

57


East Renfrewshire 

10

12

7

2


Edinburgh, City of 

434

429

441

357


Eilean Siar 

13

6

4

12


Falkirk 

130

168

178

99


Fife 

305

313

293

286


Glasgow City 

965

818

551

425


Highland 

154

150

188

193


Inverclyde 

139

93

66

69


Midlothian 

17

25

10

14


Moray 

77

52

51

49


North Ayrshire 

55

52

15

17


North Lanarkshire 

258

230

188

177


Orkney Islands 

11

13

6

4


Perth and Kinross 

126

149

126

108


Renfrewshire 

191

235

163

144


Scottish Borders 

82

77

96

78


Shetland Islands 

12

15

9

9


South Ayrshire 

160

153

167

171


South Lanarkshire 

294

365

319

210


Stirling 

89

87

83

89


West Dunbartonshire

239

211

122

154


West Lothian 

136

146

127

103


Other7

11

5

11

5


Scotland4

5,311

5,192

4,417

4,058

 

Fraud


Aberdeen City 

117

89

86

90


Aberdeenshire 

54

53

39

35


Angus 

29

35

32

35


Argyll and Bute 

16

20

17

5


Clackmannanshire 

15

14

10

22


Dumfries and Galloway

61

55

63

63


Dundee City 

86

76

81

85


East Ayrshire 

76

71

49

60


East Dunbartonshire

2

7

-

-


East Lothian 

11

13

14

20


East Renfrewshire 

-

1

1

-


Edinburgh, City of 

233

236

320

275


Eilean Siar 

3

3

2

3


Falkirk 

46

49

56

53


Fife 

127

129

94

88


Glasgow City 

227

253

187

216


Highland 

68

58

69

62


Inverclyde 

35

27

26

19


Midlothian 

5

3

2

7


Moray 

33

31

25

20


North Ayrshire 

9

9

5

11


North Lanarkshire 

51

63

44

57


Orkney Islands 

3

3

4

1


Perth and Kinross 

65

45

30

28


Renfrewshire 

85

102

54

46


Scottish Borders 

21

32

27

28


Shetland Islands 

5

1

4

7


South Ayrshire 

70

95

74

53


South Lanarkshire 

140

150

95

68


Stirling 

26

24

33

40


West Dunbartonshire

57

58

24

32


West Lothian 

51

49

48

36


Other7

10

6

4

3


Scotland4

1,837

1,860

1,620

1,568

 

Other Crimes of Dishonesty


Aberdeen City 

151

159

204

167


Aberdeenshire 

32

43

38

32


Angus 

40

42

57

55


Argyll and Bute 

27

25

11

17


Clackmannanshire 

19

18

15

17


Dumfries and Galloway

43

59

62

61


Dundee City 

137

135

114

171


East Ayrshire 

107

107

77

69


East Dunbartonshire

1

-

-

-


East Lothian 

19

17

17

18


East Renfrewshire 

1

-

-

2


Edinburgh, City of 

277

260

272

212


Eilean Siar 

3

2

4

4


Falkirk 

45

57

73

50


Fife 

97

146

117

107


Glasgow City 

454

441

372

339


Highland 

53

59

69

75


Inverclyde 

74

59

43

50


Midlothian 

-

1

1

1


Moray 

26

23

19

18


North Ayrshire 

-

3

2

-


North Lanarkshire 

67

77

45

57


Orkney Islands 

1

2

-

4


Perth and Kinross 

55

78

65

72


Renfrewshire 

126

126

82

65


Scottish Borders 

13

27

37

27


Shetland Islands 

3

4

2

3


South Ayrshire 

71

64

62

74


South Lanarkshire 

197

207

171

142


Stirling 

30

55

41

35


West Dunbartonshire

65

54

34

36


West Lothian 

42

53

62

46


Other7

8

13

7

9


Scotland4

2,285

2,416

2,176

2,035



  Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Police Force Area, 2000-03.

  

Police force area

2000

2001

2002

20035

 

Housebreaking


Central 

109

160

154

150


Dumfries and Galloway

109

104

97

86


Fife 

292

334

268

275


Grampian 

429

415

351

363


Lothian and Borders 

388

347

416

353


Northern 

71

102

76

103


Strathclyde 

1,096

1,075

1,122

1,004


Tayside 

192

174

251

198


Scotland4

2,686

2,711

2,735

2,532

 

Theft by Opening a Lockfast Place8


Central 

55

66

73

73


Dumfries and Galloway

28

25

17

39


Fife 

147

135

134

120


Grampian 

171

137

134

122


Lothian and Borders 

175

242

202

171


Northern 

40

28

37

30


Strathclyde 

768

765

757

633


Tayside 

113

103

118

101


Scotland4

1,497

1,501

1,472

1,289

 

Theft of a Motor Vehicle


Central 

77

56

63

48


Dumfries and Galloway

24

31

50

59


Fife 

114

136

93

84


Grampian 

172

131

105

111


Lothian and Borders 

218

213

245

204


Northern 

52

56

49

69


Strathclyde 

691

594

607

515


Tayside 

96

122

126

80


Scotland4

1,444

1,339

1,338

1,170

 

Shoplifting


Central 

477

641

595

481


Dumfries and Galloway

195

176

212

234


Fife 

480

518

446

424


Grampian 

814

894

969

852


Lothian and Borders 

1,194

1,172

1,335

1,173


Northern 

163

208

254

239


Strathclyde 

3,412

3,728

4,311

3,802


Tayside 

684

786

809

788


Scotland4

7,419

8,123

8,931

7,993

 

Other Theft


Central 

245

264

280

219


Dumfries and Galloway

184

180

203

145


Fife 

270

285

266

258


Grampian 

468

447

371

410


Lothian and Borders 

637

640

645

543


Northern 

176

178

183

203


Strathclyde 

2,199

2,019

1,709

1,488


Tayside 

319

308

307

346


Scotland4

4,498

4,321

3,964

3,612

 

Fraud


Central 

66

76

88

106


Dumfries and Galloway

48

46

52

53


Fife 

108

110

80

80


Grampian 

171

156

134

132


Lothian and Borders 

270

288

378

335


Northern 

69

60

71

71


Strathclyde 

581

619

528

525


Tayside 

145

135

120

120


Scotland4

1,458

1,490

1,451

1,422

 

Other Crimes of Dishonesty


Central 

82

120

117

91


Dumfries and Galloway

34

46

53

51


Fife 

87

129

100

98


Grampian 

189

196

230

195


Lothian and Borders 

310

327

344

258


Northern 

51

64

70

80


Strathclyde 

925

872

814

730


Tayside 

186

207

185

252


Scotland4

1,864

1,961

1,913

1,755



  Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Approximate Local Authority Area6, 2000-03

  

Local Authority Area

2000

2001

2002

20035

 

Housebreaking


Aberdeen City 

305

291

236

285


Aberdeenshire 

63

80

89

62


Angus 

40

41

56

44


Argyll and Bute 

31

29

27

22


Clackmannanshire 

24

33

31

44


Dumfries and Galloway

108

104

97

86


Dundee City 

92

91

121

93


East Ayrshire 

147

119

161

117


East Lothian 

13

18

19

37


Edinburgh, City of 

264

217

271

229


Eilean Siar 

3

8

1

9


Falkirk 

62

94

90

68


Fife 

292

334

267

274


Glasgow City 

363

412

439

399


Highland 

57

70

70

76


Inverclyde 

89

61

50

54


Midlothian 

-

-

3

-


Moray 

61

44

26

15


North Ayrshire 

2

-

-

-


North Lanarkshire 

44

50

53

37


Orkney Islands 

4

14

3

4


Perth and Kinross 

60

42

72

61


Renfrewshire 

126

118

117

106


Scottish Borders 

46

46

54

28


Shetland Islands 

7

10

2

14


South Ayrshire 

97

96

101

73


South Lanarkshire 

117

114

129

135


Stirling 

22

33

33

38


West Dunbartonshire

76

75

41

58


West Lothian 

64

65

68

59


Other7

7

2

8

5


Scotland4

2,686

2,711

2,735

2,532

 

Theft by Opening a Lockfast Place8


Aberdeen City 

145

112

113

98


Aberdeenshire 

12

15

15

21


Angus 

25

15

36

16


Argyll and Bute 

7

10

4

7


Clackmannanshire 

5

9

19

17


Dumfries and Galloway

28

25

17

39


Dundee City 

65

65

65

61


East Ayrshire 

58

67

63

66


East Dunbartonshire

0

0

1

0


East Lothian 

5

10

16

12


Edinburgh, City of 

130

169

132

112


Falkirk 

33

38

35

38


Fife 

147

135

134

120


Glasgow City 

402

389

386

318


Highland 

37

26

35

30


Inverclyde 

26

28

28

26


Midlothian 

1

2

0

1


Moray 

14

9

6

3


North Ayrshire 

-

1

-

-


North Lanarkshire 

25

30

28

28


Orkney Islands 

-

1

-

-


Perth and Kinross 

23

23

17

24


Renfrewshire 

75

81

92

69


Scottish Borders 

8

15

15

15


Shetland Islands 

3

1

2

0


South Ayrshire 

24

28

30

27


South Lanarkshire 

110

91

90

77


Stirling 

17

19

19

18


West Dunbartonshire

41

40

35

15


West Lothian 

31

46

39

31


Other7

-

1

-

-


Scotland4

1,497

1,501

1,472

1,289

 

Theft of a Motor Vehicle


Aberdeen City 

116

85

59

77


Aberdeenshire 

20

22

27

13


Angus 

21

19

29

13


Argyll and Bute 

9

9

12

10


Clackmannanshire 

15

12

8

10


Dumfries and Galloway

24

31

50

59


Dundee City 

59

68

74

55


East Ayrshire 

65

59

58

58


East Lothian 

10

7

16

20


Edinburgh, City of 

139

156

162

125


Eilean Siar 

7

7

6

8


Falkirk 

40

27

44

26


Fife 

114

136

93

84


Glasgow City 

280

243

210

190


Highland 

35

46

37

51


Inverclyde 

27

36

30

26


Moray 

36

24

18

21


North Lanarkshire 

41

35

30

20


Orkney Islands 

5

3

4

7


Perth and Kinross 

15

35

23

12


Renfrewshire 

69

56

63

55


Scottish Borders 

18

7

22

23


Shetland Islands 

5

-

2

3


South Ayrshire 

17

25

23

40


South Lanarkshire 

138

97

145

96


Stirling 

22

17

11

12


West Dunbartonshire

43

34

36

20


West Lothian 

51

43

44

36


Other7

3

-

2

-


Scotland4

1,444

1,339

1,338

1,170

 

Shoplifting


Aberdeen City 

668

724

818

696


Aberdeenshire 

100

128

112

106


Angus 

77

105

101

92


Argyll and Bute 

25

27

35

30


Clackmannanshire 

45

75

73

83


Dumfries and Galloway

195

176

212

234


Dundee City 

448

494

521

513


East Ayrshire 

274

345

360

360


East Dunbartonshire

48

53

53

46


East Lothian 

27

28

60

43


East Renfrewshire 

18

13

10

18


Edinburgh, City of 

992

855

995

877


Eilean Siar 

6

5

6

7


Falkirk 

260

337

343

250


Fife 

480

518

446

424


Glasgow City 

1,383

1,415

1,793

1,420


Highland 

150

199

245

229


Inverclyde 

213

224

316

236


Midlothian 

29

47

38

17


Moray 

46

42

39

49


North Ayrshire 

29

6

28

20


North Lanarkshire 

252

366

323

291


Orkney Islands 

3

2

1

1


Perth and Kinross 

159

187

187

183


Renfrewshire 

320

312

288

361


Scottish Borders 

33

56

49

68


Shetland Islands 

4

2

2

2


South Ayrshire 

309

413

411

322


South Lanarkshire 

336

328

492

461


Stirling 

172

229

179

148


West Dunbartonshire

205

226

202

233


West Lothian 

113

186

193

168


Other7

-

-

-

5


Scotland4

7,419

8,123

8,931

7,993

 

Other Theft


Aberdeen City 

309

283

212

281


Aberdeenshire 

89

118

113

86


Angus 

77

70

72

82


Argyll and Bute 

59

76

45

72


Clackmannanshire 

50

40

48

53


Dumfries and Galloway

184

178

202

145


Dundee City 

147

132

134

169


East Ayrshire 

233

249

174

173


East Dunbartonshire

12

5

5

2


East Lothian 

30

26

38

51


East Renfrewshire 

9

7

7

2


Edinburgh, City of 

391

380

389

314


Eilean Siar 

13

6

4

12


Falkirk 

115

151

157

88


Fife 

269

285

266

258


Glasgow City 

794

637

519

384


Highland 

141

145

165

177


Inverclyde 

117

77

60

61


Midlothian 

15

24

10

14


Moray 

70

46

45

43


North Ayrshire 

49

51

15

17


North Lanarkshire 

207

189

180

167


Orkney Islands 

10

13

6

4


Perth and Kinross 

94

106

101

95


Renfrewshire 

159

184

144

132


Scottish Borders 

80

73

87

71


Shetland Islands 

12

14

8

9


South Ayrshire 

135

114

153

159


South Lanarkshire 

246

268

292

184


Stirling 

80

72

74

77


West Dunbartonshire

175

161

111

132


West Lothian 

119

136

119

93


Other7

8

4

9

4


Scotland4

4,498

4,321

3,964

3,612

 

Fraud


Aberdeen City 

91

83

74

80


Aberdeenshire 

48

44

36

32


Angus 

23

31

29

31


Argyll and Bute 

15

12

17

5


Clackmannanshire 

9

12

10

20


Dumfries and Galloway

48

46

52

53


Dundee City 

68

69

67

64


East Ayrshire 

65

58

41

57


East Dunbartonshire

2

6

-

-


East Lothian 

8

11

13

19


East Renfrewshire 

-

1

1

-


Edinburgh, City of 

193

203

292

246


Eilean Siar 

3

3

2

3


Falkirk 

37

42

47

51


Fife 

108

110

80

80


Glasgow City 

171

168

176

201


Highland 

59

53

61

60


Inverclyde 

29

25

22

19


Midlothian 

5

3

2

6


Moray 

31

29

24

20


North Ayrshire 

9

8

5

11


North Lanarkshire 

33

50

39

56


Orkney Islands 

3

3

4

1


Perth and Kinross 

54

35

24

25


Renfrewshire 

61

77

47

42


Scottish Borders 

20

30

25

28


Shetland Islands 

4

1

4

7


South Ayrshire 

58

70

73

50


South Lanarkshire 

96

106

81

58


Stirling 

20

22

31

35


West Dunbartonshire

39

35

24

25


West Lothian 

39

39

44

34


Other7

9

5

4

3


Scotland4

1,458

1,490

1,451

1,422

 

Other Crimes of Dishonesty


Aberdeen City 

136

141

178

149


Aberdeenshire 

29

36

36

30


Angus 

36

38

47

48


Argyll and Bute 

24

23

9

16


Clackmannanshire 

13

17

13

15


Dumfries and Galloway

34

46

53

50


Dundee City 

105

110

88

140


East Ayrshire 

86

82

69

65


East Dunbartonshire

1

-

-

-


East Lothian 

15

15

17

17


East Renfrewshire 

1

-

-

2


Edinburgh, City of 

243

235

228

180


Eilean Siar 

2

2

4

4


Falkirk 

41

56

66

43


Fife 

87

126

100

98


Glasgow City 

345

334

342

296


Highland 

46

56

64

70


Inverclyde 

63

47

40

44


Midlothian 

-

1

1

1


Moray 

24

18

16

16


North Ayrshire 

-

3

2

-


North Lanarkshire 

54

60

41

53


Orkney Islands 

1

2

-

4


Perth and Kinross 

44

57

50

63


Renfrewshire 

101

84

68

51


Scottish Borders 

11

27

37

25


Shetland Islands 

2

4

2

2


South Ayrshire 

61

54

57

59


South Lanarkshire 

138

148

156

121


Stirling 

28

47

38

31


West Dunbartonshire

47

31

29

21


West Lothian 

39

48

60

35


Other7

7

13

2

6


Scotland4

1,864

1,961

1,913

1,755



  Notes:

  1. Trends in the recorded crime figures between 2003 and 2004 have been affected by the introduction in April 2004 of the Scottish Crime Recording Standard. As anticipated, this increased the numbers of minor crimes recorded by the police, such as vandalism, petty assault, breach of the peace and minor thefts.

  2. Figures for persons proceeded against may be underestimates due to recording delays.

  3. Where main offence.

  4. Scotland totals for court proceedings statistics may contain a small number of cases where the police force area and/or local authority area are unknown.

  Includes estimated data.

  5. Incorporates an approximate mapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courts will deal with cases from more than one local authority area. Some local authority areas, including East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Midlothian and North Ayrshire, do not contain a sheriff court.

  6. Includes High Court cases and those where court location is not known.

  7. Includes theft from a motor vehicle by opening a lockfast place (these offences are not generally identifiable separately in the court proceedings statistics for 2000-03).

Justice

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) recorded cases of, (b) prosecutions for and (c) convictions for the other crimes of (i) crimes against public justice, (ii) handling an offensive weapon, (iii) drugs and (iv) other there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by (1) police force and (2) local authority area.

Cathy Jamieson: The available information is given in the following tables. The court proceedings statistics for 2004-05 are scheduled for publication in March 2006.

  The statistics dealing with recorded crime and court proceedings are not directly comparable as a person may be proceeded against for more than one crime involving more than one victim and there is the possibility that the crime recorded by the police may be altered in the course of judicial proceedings. Also a crime may be recorded by the police in one year and court proceedings concluded in a subsequent year.

  Selected Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, by Police Force Area, 2000-041

  

Police Force Area

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

 

Crimes Against Public Justice


Central

921

1,134

1,438

1,484

1,779


Dumfries and Galloway

376

438

510

718

776


Fife

1,020

1,090

1,422

1,860

1,688


Grampian

1,311

1,741

2,085

2,004

1,761


Lothian and Borders

3,304

3,624

4,143

3,553

3,545


Northern

723

929

987

1,147

1,188


Strathclyde

9,439

10,345

10,960

11,589

12,189


Tayside

1,336

949

1,126

2,442

3,087


Scotland

18,430

20,250

22,671

24,797

26,013

 

Handling an Offensive Weapon


Central

219

335

413

361

448


Dumfries and Galloway

152

104

155

148

127


Fife

418

434

287

181

283


Grampian

438

484

526

552

645


Lothian and Borders

944

1,018

1,095

1,019

1,153


Northern

232

273

294

261

276


Strathclyde

5,167

5,596

6,630

6,114

6,668


Tayside

583

427

291

219

393


Scotland

8,153

8,671

9,691

8,855

9,993

 

Drug Offences


Central

1,285

1,977

1,917

1,945

2,124


Dumfries and Galloway

448

649

775

919

887


Fife

1,248

1,645

1,944

1,804

1,886


Grampian

2,319

2,598

3,152

2,785

3,122


Lothian and Borders

5,198

5,566

6,590

5,404

6,216


Northern

1,084

1,607

1,656

1,842

1,844


Strathclyde

18,225

20,083

21,730

22,868

22,875


Tayside

1,624

2,050

2,615

2,898

3,430


Scotland

31,431

36,175

40,379

40,465

42,384

 

Other Crimes


Central

5

4

3

8

1


Dumfries and Galloway

4

-

6

16

5


Fife

-

6

19

-

1


Grampian

6

6

2

12

20


Lothian and Borders

4

25

13

23

18


Northern

7

15

2

13

6


Strathclyde

50

55

83

82

102


Tayside

4

3

14

11

37


Scotland

80

114

142

165

190



  Selected Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, by Local Authority Area, 2000-041

  

Local authority Area

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

 

Crimes Against Public Justice


Aberdeen City

756

933

1,349

1,117

864


Aberdeenshire

344

441

399

464

442


Angus

234

233

246

415

362


Argyll and Bute

303

497

389

395

381


Clackmannanshire

185

178

303

266

472


Dumfries and Galloway

376

438

510

718

776


Dundee City

821

497

577

1,591

2,107


East Ayrshire

378

363

388

398

397


East Dunbartonshire

152

178

198

208

216


East Lothian

188

178

242

176

156


East Renfrewshire

161

158

146

153

189


Edinburgh, City of

2,087

2,251

2,626

2,256

2,230


Eilean Siar

43

43

42

43

81


Falkirk

450

573

736

770

793


Fife

1,020

1,090

1,422

1,860

1,688


Glasgow City

4,437

4,814

5,117

5,309

5,208


Highland

643

837

893

1,034

1,030


Inverclyde

320

332

352

365

374


Midlothian

250

277

288

269

264


Moray

211

367

337

423

455


North Ayrshire

396

391

486

519

551


North Lanarkshire

981

1,140

1,389

1,611

1,934


Orkney Islands

20

23

22

29

34


Perth and Kinross

281

219

303

436

618


Renfrewshire

609

629

636

668

707


Scottish Borders

283

330

388

351

342


Shetland Islands

17

26

30

41

43


South Ayrshire

263

357

466

392

461


South Lanarkshire

978

1,087

1,003

1,088

1,178


Stirling

286

383

399

448

514


West Dunbartonshire

461

399

390

483

593


West Lothian

496

588

599

501

553


Scotland

18,430

20,250

22,671

24,797

26,013

 

Handling an Offensive Weapon


Aberdeen City

205

234

301

310

338


Aberdeenshire

168

152

136

147

191


Angus

109

87

55

27

66


Argyll and Bute

90

73

94

79

100


Clackmannanshire

34

81

100

77

86


Dumfries and Galloway

152

104

155

148

127


Dundee City

332

234

160

138

215


East Ayrshire

146

181

244

165

227


East Dunbartonshire

74

95

103

92

111


East Lothian

78

76

92

65

68


East Renfrewshire

71

67

97

76

119


Edinburgh, City of

570

606

635

614

641


Eilean Siar

9

9

5

12

11


Falkirk

113

152

184

167

221


Fife

418

434

287

181

283


Glasgow City

2,731

2,834

3,376

3,240

3,367


Highland

209

241

272

242

244


Inverclyde

224

352

372

285

316


Midlothian

63

64

69

78

89


Moray

65

98

89

95

116


North Ayrshire

201

242

282

245

309


North Lanarkshire

387

495

538

536

637


Orkney Islands

5

8

3

4

3


Perth and Kinross

142

106

76

54

112


Renfrewshire

309

321

435

376

412


Scottish Borders

94

94

115

107

133


Shetland Islands

9

15

14

3

18


South Ayrshire

133

122

152

94

106


South Lanarkshire

610

610

689

640

649


Stirling

72

102

129

117

141


West Dunbartonshire

191

204

248

286

315


West Lothian

139

178

184

155

222


Scotland

8,153

8,671

9,691

8,855

9,993

 

Drug Offences


Aberdeen City

1,334

1,550

2,071

1,689

1,888


Aberdeenshire

724

787

757

741

794


Angus

306

401

489

520

561


Argyll and Bute

450

389

512

584

618


Clackmannanshire

234

295

351

336

329


Dumfries and Galloway

448

649

775

919

887


Dundee City

707

904

1,167

1,307

1,652


East Ayrshire

787

785

950

910

948


East Dunbartonshire

318

465

460

479

516


East Lothian

340

217

507

371

378


East Renfrewshire

428

342

296

316

257


Edinburgh, City of

2,858

3,118

3,863

3,008

3,518


Eilean Siar

47

112

94

93

115


Falkirk

624

844

831

882

1,072


Fife

1,248

1,645

1,944

1,804

1,886


Glasgow City

8,845

9,388

9,330

10,100

9,729


Highland

926

1,370

1,434

1,605

1,527


Inverclyde

901

995

1,145

1,040

1,224


Midlothian

402

404

444

378

462


Moray

261

261

324

355

440


North Ayrshire

845

872

1,054

1,041

1,228


North Lanarkshire

1,817

2,197

3,105

2,960

2,946


Orkney Islands

29

27

41

64

49


Perth and Kinross

611

745

959

1,071

1,217


Renfrewshire

1,073

1,224

1,212

1,205

1,039


Scottish Borders

733

661

647

618

762


Shetland Islands

82

98

87

80

153


South Ayrshire

537

896

992

722

739


South Lanarkshire

1,512

1,864

1,733

2,397

2,539


Stirling

427

838

735

727

723


West Dunbartonshire

712

666

941

1,114

1,092


West Lothian

865

1,166

1,129

1,029

1,096


Scotland

31,431

36,175

40,379

40,465

42,384

 

Other Crimes


Aberdeen City

4

1

-

7

10


Aberdeenshire

2

2

1

4

9


Angus

-

1

6

1

2


Argyll and Bute

4

1

1

-

1


Clackmannanshire

-

2

1

7

1


Dumfries and Galloway

4

-

6

16

5


Dundee City

4

2

6

6

34


East Ayrshire

-

5

4

12

7


East Dunbartonshire

-

1

5

7

3


East Lothian

2

-

2

-

2


East Renfrewshire

-

-

1

1

1


Edinburgh, City of

2

15

9

15

14


Eilean Siar

-

-

-

-

-


Falkirk

3

2

2

1

-


Fife

-

6

19

-

1


Glasgow City

22

20

37

27

33


Highland

6

15

2

13

5


Inverclyde

2

6

2

2

2


Midlothian

-

2

-

2

1


Moray

-

3

1

1

1


North Ayrshire

3

2

3

9

10


North Lanarkshire

4

11

15

11

30


Orkney Islands

1

-

-

-

1


Perth and Kinross

-

-

2

4

1


Renfrewshire

3

-

1

3

2


Scottish Borders

-

8

1

2

-


Shetland Islands

-

-

-

-

-


South Ayrshire

-

-

6

3

5


South Lanarkshire

6

5

4

2

4


Stirling

2

-

-

-

-


West Dunbartonshire

6

4

4

5

4


West Lothian

-

-

1

4

1


Scotland

80

114

142

165

190



  Persons Proceeded Against2 in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Police Force Area, 2000-03

  

Police Force Area

2000

2001

2002

20035

 
 


Central 

459

568

526

434


Dumfries and Galloway

176

182

130

140


Fife 

355

382

278

298


Grampian 

403

446

563

643


Lothian and Borders 

795

731

710

636


Northern 

116

134

185

206


Strathclyde 

3,049

3,155

2,415

2,471


Tayside 

1,159

1,423

1,110

1,289


Scotland4

6,512

7,021

5,917

6,117

 

Handling an Offensive Weapon


Central 

57

88

83

97


Dumfries and Galloway

45

44

49

72


Fife 

59

93

70

71


Grampian 

78

135

116

135


Lothian and Borders 

230

321

375

316


Northern 

36

52

54

65


Strathclyde 

2,216

2,648

2,042

2,360


Tayside 

179

210

173

185


Scotland4

2,900

3,591

2,962

3,301

 

Drug Offences


Central 

259

378

417

478


Dumfries and Galloway

151

108

154

172


Fife 

184

198

240

222


Grampian 

501

684

626

804


Lothian and Borders 

819

830

645

664


Northern 

295

355

419

433


Strathclyde 

3,759

3,717

3,289

4,296


Tayside 

535

530

595

638


Scotland4

6,503

6,800

6,385

7,707

 

Other Crimes


Dumfries and Galloway

10

8

3

6


Fife 

-

-

1

1


Grampian 

-

3

1

-


Lothian and Borders 

-

3

-

-


Northern 

2

2

-

7


Strathclyde 

6

20

9

12


Tayside 

1

7

2

4


Scotland4

19

43

16

30



  Persons Proceeded Against2 in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Approximate Local Authority Area6, 2000-03

  

Local Authority Area

2000

2001

2002

20035

 

Crimes Against Public Justice


Aberdeen City 

243

266

346

430


Aberdeenshire 

118

113

170

147


Angus 

158

224

181

213


Argyll and Bute 

55

51

37

40


Clackmannanshire 

37

64

51

68


Dumfries and Galloway

175

182

128

139


Dundee City 

865

1,084

793

854


East Ayrshire 

138

133

112

173


East Dunbartonshire

2

3

3

-


East Lothian 

35

41

53

39


East Renfrewshire 

2

2

-

-


Edinburgh, City of 

588

506

453

435


Eilean Siar 

3

2

4

5


Falkirk 

308

311

297

199


Fife 

355

379

276

298


Glasgow City 

1,384

1,398

997

850


Highland 

103

127

174

181


Inverclyde 

152

169

151

153


Midlothian 

7

4

3

-


Moray 

33

63

40

61


North Ayrshire 

5

9

5

3


North Lanarkshire 

181

174

151

198


Orkney Islands 

5

5

3

2


Perth and Kinross 

136

110

133

218


Renfrewshire 

264

200

114

140


Scottish Borders 

44

60

80

100


Shetland Islands 

3

-

3

11


South Ayrshire 

244

205

239

291


South Lanarkshire 

436

568

484

507


Stirling 

113

191

174

166


West Dunbartonshire

164

221

109

107


West Lothian 

119

118

113

55


Other7

33

33

39

29


Scotland4

6,512

7,021

5,917

6,117

 

Handling an Offensive Weapon


Aberdeen City 

55

74

63

102


Aberdeenshire 

13

40

32

18


Angus 

35

27

37

38


Argyll and Bute 

16

30

15

24


Clackmannanshire 

5

11

6

14


Dumfries and Galloway

45

44

49

72


Dundee City 

102

129

99

101


East Ayrshire 

134

145

127

135


East Dunbartonshire

-

1

-

-


East Lothian 

4

27

29

24


East Renfrewshire 

1

-

-

-


Edinburgh, City of 

170

208

232

226


Eilean Siar 

1

3

3

3


Falkirk 

38

54

54

42


Fife 

59

93

70

71


Glasgow City 

1,232

1,517

1,079

1,260


Highland 

33

43

48

60


Inverclyde 

92

96

152

157


Moray 

10

20

20

15


North Lanarkshire 

73

99

97

69


Orkney Islands 

-

4

-

-


Perth and Kinross 

42

53

36

46


Renfrewshire 

170

185

117

159


Scottish Borders 

17

33

40

22


Shetland Islands 

2

1

3

2


South Ayrshire 

55

66

62

74


South Lanarkshire 

340

378

332

369


Stirling 

14

23

23

41


West Dunbartonshire

100

126

60

111


West Lothian 

38

51

74

44


Other7

3

5

3

2


Scotland4

2,900

3,591

2,962

3,301

 

Drug Offences


Aberdeen City 

284

357

378

472


Aberdeenshire 

114

199

149

189


Angus 

137

95

103

116


Argyll and Bute 

111

150

95

108


Clackmannanshire 

44

48

52

91


Dumfries and Galloway

131

96

145

151


Dundee City 

234

224

272

298


East Ayrshire 

227

246

226

336


East Dunbartonshire

16

14

20

34


East Lothian 

26

45

36

44


East Renfrewshire 

10

17

14

14


Edinburgh, City of 

493

490

358

370


Eilean Siar 

14

18

36

23


Falkirk 

142

181

202

193


Fife 

182

165

210

199


Glasgow City 

1,399

1,319

1,186

1,446


Highland 

247

294

343

366


Inverclyde 

253

206

260

353


Midlothian 

14

21

8

10


Moray 

55

79

45

71


North Ayrshire 

36

56

35

51


North Lanarkshire 

362

351

287

459


Orkney Islands 

8

7

6

14


Perth and Kinross 

140

186

186

192


Renfrewshire 

212

178

147

181


Scottish Borders 

108

105

107

88


Shetland Islands 

17

20

20

17


South Ayrshire 

302

280

259

367


South Lanarkshire 

468

576

507

533


Stirling 

59

124

151

171


West Dunbartonshire

121

137

115

253


West Lothian 

125

109

94

103


Other7

411

405

332

392


Scotland4

6,503

6,800

6,385

7,707

 

Other Crimes


Aberdeen City 

-

3

-

-


Aberdeenshire 

-

-

1

-


Angus 

1

-

2

1


Argyll and Bute 

-

4

2

6


Dumfries and Galloway

10

8

3

6


Dundee City 

-

7

-

-


East Ayrshire 

-

1

-

-


Edinburgh, City of 

-

3

-

-


Fife 

-

-

1

-


Glasgow City 

3

4

1

-


Highland 

2

-

-

7


North Lanarkshire 

-

1

-

-


South Ayrshire 

-

-

3

-


South Lanarkshire 

1

1

2

-


West Dunbartonshire

-

-

-

1


Other7

2

11

1

9


Scotland4

19

43

16

30



  Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Police Force Area, 2000-03

  

Police Force Area

2000

2001

2002

20035

 

Crimes Against Public Justice


Central 

415

508

443

378


Dumfries and Galloway

142

151

103

115


Fife 

312

331

237

262


Grampian 

307

364

444

492


Lothian and Borders 

652

605

590

546


Northern 

93

129

143

180


Strathclyde 

1,908

1,946

2,055

2,049


Tayside 

1,016

1,283

983

1,073


Scotland4

4,845

5,317

4,998

5,095

 

Handling an Offensive Weapon


Central 

54

70

62

85


Dumfries and Galloway

35

32

44

50


Fife 

41

74

55

58


Grampian 

63

118

102

111


Lothian and Borders 

204

278

325

254


Northern 

31

46

46

53


Strathclyde 

1,680

1,939

1,821

2,048


Tayside 

130

138

134

140


Scotland4

2,238

2,695

2,589

2,799

 

Drug Offences


Central 

235

342

373

452


Dumfries and Galloway

130

97

133

146


Fife 

148

160

207

174


Grampian 

455

613

564

743


Lothian and Borders 

738

776

567

587


Northern 

267

349

384

412


Strathclyde 

2,984

2,931

3,052

4,009


Tayside 

469

468

521

582


Scotland4

5,426

5,736

5,801

7,105

 

Other Crimes


Dumfries and Galloway

8

7

3

5


Lothian and Borders 

-

1

-

-


Northern 

2

2

-

7


Strathclyde 

3

11

8

12


Tayside 

-

-

2

4


Scotland4

13

21

13

28



  Persons with a Charge Proved for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Approximate Local Authority Area6, 2000-03

  

Local Authority Area

2000

2001

2002

20035

 

Crimes Against Public Justice


Aberdeen City 

175

215

266

322


Aberdeenshire 

97

91

139

112


Angus 

140

203

165

176


Argyll and Bute 

41

35

34

34


Clackmannanshire 

32

49

45

60


Dumfries and Galloway

141

151

102

114


Dundee City 

764

981

699

710


East Ayrshire 

94

100

99

148


East Dunbartonshire

2

3

3

-


East Lothian 

26

35

43

36


East Renfrewshire 

2

1

-

-


Edinburgh, City of 

473

409

370

363


Eilean Siar 

3

2

4

5


Falkirk 

286

285

247

183


Fife 

312

330

237

262


Glasgow City 

824

823

836

722


Highland 

83

122

133

159


Inverclyde 

117

114

138

128


Midlothian 

7

4

3

-


Moray 

30

56

32

57


North Ayrshire 

4

7

5

3


North Lanarkshire 

109

95

116

152


Orkney Islands 

2

5

3

2


Perth and Kinross 

112

94

118

184


Renfrewshire 

149

126

95

118


Scottish Borders 

42

55

73

93


Shetland Islands 

3

-

3

10


South Ayrshire 

194

171

213

253


South Lanarkshire 

272

345

430

427


Stirling 

96

172

149

134


West Dunbartonshire

92

112

76

59


West Lothian 

102

100

96

49


Other7

19

25

26

19


Scotland4

4,845

5,317

4,998

5,095

 

Handling an Offensive Weapon


Aberdeen City 

45

64

59

80


Aberdeenshire 

9

35

26

16


Angus 

29

24

33

32


Argyll and Bute 

11

21

13

22


Clackmannanshire 

3

9

4

11


Dumfries and Galloway

35

32

44

50


Dundee City 

73

87

75

70


East Ayrshire 

118

116

121

127


East Lothian 

3

26

24

18


East Renfrewshire 

1

-

-

-


Edinburgh, City of 

150

178

196

184


Eilean Siar 

1

3

3

3


Falkirk 

38

40

44

39


Fife 

41

74

55

58


Glasgow City 

931

1,135

978

1,128


Highland 

28

38

40

48


Inverclyde 

79

84

143

142


Moray 

9

18

16

15


North Lanarkshire 

50

61

78

54


Orkney Islands 

-

4

-

-


Perth and Kinross 

28

27

26

38


Renfrewshire 

116

133

99

124


Scottish Borders 

17

32

37

17


Shetland Islands 

2

1

3

2


South Ayrshire 

44

50

51

61


South Lanarkshire 

253

267

286

300


Stirling 

13

21

14

35


West Dunbartonshire

76

72

52

89


West Lothian 

34

40

68

35


Other7

1

3

1

1


Scotland4

2,238

2,695

2,589

2,799

 

Drug Offences


Aberdeen City 

262

321

339

441


Aberdeenshire 

101

180

137

173


Angus 

124

91

95

106


Argyll and Bute 

92

128

88

101


Clackmannanshire 

34

42

43

85


Dumfries and Galloway

116

87

124

131


Dundee City 

214

207

238

273


East Ayrshire 

195

212

211

321


East Dunbartonshire

15

13

20

34


East Lothian 

25

45

34

41


East Renfrewshire 

10

16

14

14


Edinburgh, City of 

441

446

308

317


Eilean Siar 

12

18

30

22


Falkirk 

134

169

188

180


Fife 

146

133

180

155


Glasgow City 

1,048

976

1,107

1,340


Highland 

225

290

319

348


Inverclyde 

212

180

245

340


Midlothian 

14

21

8

10


Moray 

52

71

42

69


North Ayrshire 

36

55

35

51


North Lanarkshire 

311

298

268

449


Orkney Islands 

7

7

5

12


Perth and Kinross 

111

152

158

175


Renfrewshire 

168

136

131

167


Scottish Borders 

103

104

103

84


Shetland Islands 

16

20

20

17


South Ayrshire 

264

233

245

352


South Lanarkshire 

359

429

471

506


Stirling 

55

110

131

165


West Dunbartonshire

85

96

99

212


West Lothian 

116

105

81

96


Other7

323

345

284

317


Scotland4

5,426

5,736

5,801

7,105

 

Other Crimes


Angus 

-

-

2

1


Argyll and Bute 

-

2

2

6


Dumfries and Galloway

8

7

3

5


East Ayrshire 

-

1

-

-


Edinburgh, City of 

-

1

-

-


Glasgow City 

3

4

1

-


Highland 

2

-

-

7


North Lanarkshire 

-

1

-

-


South Ayrshire 

-

-

2

-


South Lanarkshire 

-

-

2

-


West Dunbartonshire

-

-

-

1


Other7

-

5

1

8


Scotland4

13

21

13

28



  Notes:

  1. Trends in the recorded crime figures between 2003 and 2004 have been affected by the introduction in April 2004 of the Scottish Crime Recording Standard. As anticipated, this increased the numbers of minor crimes recorded by the police, such as vandalism, petty assault, breach of the peace and minor thefts.

  2. Figures for persons proceeded against may be underestimates due to recording delays.

  3. Where main offence.

  4. Scotland totals for court proceedings statistics may contain a small number of cases where the police force area and/or local authority area are unknown.

  5. Includes estimated data.

  6. Incorporates an approximate mapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courts will deal with cases from more than one local authority area. Some local authority areas, including East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Midlothian and North Ayrshire, do not contain a sheriff court.

  7. Includes High Court cases and those where court location is not known.

Justice

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) recorded cases of, (b) prosecutions for and (c) convictions for (i) petty assault, (ii) breach of the peace, (iii) drunkenness and (iv) other miscellaneous offences there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by (1) police force and (2) local authority area.

Cathy Jamieson: The available information is given in the following tables. The court proceedings statistics for 2004-05 are scheduled for publication in March 2006.

  The statistics dealing with recorded crime and court proceedings are not directly comparable as a person may be proceeded against for more than one crime involving more than one victim and there is the possibility that the crime recorded by the police may be altered in the course of judicial proceedings. Also a crime may be recorded by the police in one year and court proceedings concluded in a subsequent year.

  Selected Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, by Police Force Area, 2000-041

  

Police Force Area

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

 

Petty Assault


Central

2,512

2,748

3,012

3,222

3,846


Dumfries and Galloway

1,209

1,073

1,379

1,903

2,044


Fife

3,322

3,421

3,518

3,930

5,451


Grampian

5,758

5,956

5,692

5,494

7,242


Lothian and Borders

12,916

11,748

10,448

9,503

12,186


Northern

1,995

2,294

2,420

2,663

3,236


Strathclyde

23,131

23,863

24,182

24,500

34,181


Tayside

3,908

3,767

4,075

4,432

3,948


Scotland

54,751

54,870

54,726

55,647

72,134

 

Breach of the Peace


Central

3,366

3,792

4,078

4,116

4,814


Dumfries and Galloway

1,529

1,423

1,639

2,392

2,589


Fife

3,669

3,954

4,361

4,667

5,691


Grampian

7,505

8,202

8,078

7,658

9,261


Lothian and Borders

6,613

6,928

7,723

7,680

7,495


Northern

3,917

4,303

4,441

4,831

5,322


Strathclyde

38,051

38,757

37,897

38,936

46,930


Tayside

5,336

5,242

5,952

6,383

5,973


Scotland

69,986

72,601

74,169

76,663

88,075

 

Drunkenness


Central

157

162

125

129

130


Dumfries and Galloway

108

71

51

61

82


Fife

365

388

428

532

487


Grampian

211

184

181

199

308


Lothian and Borders

306

491

428

416

323


Northern

867

871

808

808

726


Strathclyde

5,122

5,130

4,497

4,850

4,741


Tayside

674

623

565

537

536


Scotland

7,810

7,920

7,083

7,532

7,333

 

Other Miscellaneous Offences


Central

923

1,549

1,146

1,228

1,676


Dumfries and Galloway

178

271

519

415

523


Fife

694

957

976

1,016

1,622


Grampian

1,111

1,057

1,460

1,635

2,567


Lothian and Borders

738

1,211

1,296

1,487

1,904


Northern

613

831

1,018

933

1,158


Strathclyde

15,876

20,227

23,466

27,800

29,821


Tayside

1,140

1,033

1,680

2,301

2,573


Scotland

21,273

27,136

31,561

36,815

41,844



  Selected Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, by Local Authority Area, 2000-041

  

Local Authority Area

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

 

Petty Assault


Aberdeen City

3,096

3,222

3,164

3,098

4,055


Aberdeenshire

1,803

1,752

1,542

1,439

2,058


Angus

902

994

1,151

1,259

1,020


Argyll and Bute

634

566

648

707

1,098


Clackmannanshire

397

508

533

540

692


Dumfries and Galloway

1,209

1,073

1,379

1,903

2,044


Dundee City

2,073

1,829

2,012

2,164

1,803


East Ayrshire

1,024

1,149

1,162

954

1,798


East Dunbartonshire

541

516

483

504

789


East Lothian

981

785

711

684

729


East Renfrewshire

314

322

314

381

555


Edinburgh, City of

7,677

7,167

6,147

5,558

7,210


Eilean Siar

129

131

133

189

289


Falkirk

1,441

1,484

1,608

1,748

1,970


Fife

3,322

3,421

3,518

3,930

5,451


Glasgow City

9,784

9,836

9,985

10,031

12,716


Highland

1,707

1,982

2,096

2,221

2,658


Inverclyde

786

888

854

844

1,090


Midlothian

910

918

766

769

951


Moray

859

982

986

957

1,129


North Ayrshire

1,134

1,138

1,285

1,218

1,986


North Lanarkshire

2,857

3,181

3,382

3,637

5,208


Orkney Islands

70

86

66

95

116


Perth and Kinross

933

944

912

1,009

1,125


Renfrewshire

1,766

1,829

1,591

1,646

2,195


Scottish Borders

1,051

1,021

983

963

1,013


Shetland Islands

89

95

125

158

173


South Ayrshire

974

908

973

883

1,448


South Lanarkshire

2,400

2,598

2,556

2,593

3,847


Stirling

674

756

871

934

1,184


West Dunbartonshire

917

932

949

1,102

1,451


West Lothian

2,297

1,857

1,841

1,529

2,283


Scotland

54,751

54,870

54,726

55,647

72,134

 

Breach of the Peace


Aberdeen City

3,405

3,826

3,777

3,464

4,594


Aberdeenshire

2,445

2,431

2,263

2,047

2,664


Angus

1,162

1,240

1,607

1,604

1,420


Argyll and Bute

1,449

1,722

1,408

1,484

1,766


Clackmannanshire

538

674

666

682

918


Dumfries and Galloway

1,529

1,423

1,639

2,392

2,589


Dundee City

2,918

2,714

2,976

3,206

2,804


East Ayrshire

1,571

1,658

1,638

1,570

2,253


East Dunbartonshire

748

772

822

811

899


East Lothian

489

521

515

403

291


East Renfrewshire

571

522

496

589

809


Edinburgh, City of

3,585

3,658

4,072

4,136

3,888


Eilean Siar

269

254

297

328

502


Falkirk

1,901

1,952

2,242

2,187

2,402


Fife

3,669

3,954

4,361

4,667

5,691


Glasgow City

16,390

16,077

15,493

15,725

17,505


Highland

3,439

3,733

3,864

4,139

4,422


Inverclyde

1,352

1,380

1,224

1,251

1,465


Midlothian

581

611

643

714

746


Moray

1,655

1,945

2,038

2,147

2,003


North Ayrshire

1,774

1,868

2,010

2,014

2,638


North Lanarkshire

4,705

5,093

5,615

6,195

7,785


Orkney Islands

97

157

124

147

176


Perth and Kinross

1,256

1,288

1,369

1,573

1,749


Renfrewshire

2,247

2,146

2,012

2,111

2,396


Scottish Borders

854

931

1,158

1,063

1,172


Shetland Islands

112

159

156

217

222


South Ayrshire

1,482

1,359

1,607

1,406

2,058


South Lanarkshire

4,232

4,614

3,976

3,901

4,993


Stirling

927

1,166

1,170

1,247

1,494


West Dunbartonshire

1,530

1,546

1,596

1,879

2,363


West Lothian

1,104

1,207

1,335

1,364

1,398


Scotland

69,986

72,601

74,169

76,663

88,075

 

Drunkenness


Aberdeen City

47

33

36

67

151


Aberdeenshire

59

53

38

27

55


Angus

55

44

60

52

47


Argyll and Bute

351

252

229

347

253


Clackmannanshire

16

12

7

10

11


Dumfries and Galloway

108

71

51

61

82


Dundee City

400

424

369

388

383


East Ayrshire

171

179

158

130

158


East Dunbartonshire

74

92

89

77

75


East Lothian

23

26

11

7

5


East Renfrewshire

33

28

18

26

41


Edinburgh, City of

132

261

230

257

166


Eilean Siar

66

60

60

41

48


Falkirk

72

83

60

70

69


Fife

365

388

428

532

487


Glasgow City

1,864

1,999

1,834

1,978

2,026


Highland

757

761

696

714

618


Inverclyde

257

207

190

169

114


Midlothian

24

23

18

15

25


Moray

105

98

107

105

102


North Ayrshire

280

279

212

241

303


North Lanarkshire

678

642

552

675

681


Orkney Islands

11

19

12

17

19


Perth and Kinross

219

155

136

97

106


Renfrewshire

290

310

311

274

162


Scottish Borders

39

71

59

34

46


Shetland Islands

33

31

40

36

41


South Ayrshire

154

163

171

136

166


South Lanarkshire

619

606

427

451

450


Stirling

69

67

58

49

50


West Dunbartonshire

351

373

306

346

312


West Lothian

88

110

110

103

81


Scotland

7,810

7,920

7,083

7,532

7,333

 

Other Miscellaneous Offences


Aberdeen City

387

417

579

728

1,286


Aberdeenshire

538

432

505

574

833


Angus

195

218

347

369

524


Argyll and Bute

403

291

314

490

495


Clackmannanshire

129

165

162

164

242


Dumfries and Galloway

178

271

519

415

523


Dundee City

784

670

1,016

1,523

1,515


East Ayrshire

469

454

717

850

835


East Dunbartonshire

386

435

568

535

776


East Lothian

68

116

79

48

63


East Renfrewshire

240

340

393

437

629


Edinburgh, City of

305

390

621

725

854


Eilean Siar

73

63

50

35

78


Falkirk

402

725

601

651

847


Fife

694

957

976

1,016

1,622


Glasgow City

8,256

10,288

10,473

12,825

12,068


Highland

478

714

895

779

978


Inverclyde

534

396

400

368

394


Midlothian

61

89

90

125

246


Moray

186

208

376

333

448


North Ayrshire

446

349

491

767

1,106


North Lanarkshire

1,557

1,682

5,197

7,183

7,456


Orkney Islands

27

23

50

72

32


Perth and Kinross

161

145

317

409

534


Renfrewshire

572

540

660

546

629


Scottish Borders

171

257

224

294

309


Shetland Islands

35

31

23

47

70


South Ayrshire

253

257

499

852

835


South Lanarkshire

2,409

4,891

3,477

2,498

4,160


Stirling

392

659

383

413

587


West Dunbartonshire

351

304

277

449

438


West Lothian

133

359

282

295

432


Scotland

21,273

27,136

31,561

36,815

41,844



  Persons Proceeded Against2 in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Police Force Area, 2000-03

  

Police Force Area

2000

2001

2002

20035

 

Petty Assault


Central 

728

789

861

857


Dumfries and Galloway

352

338

374

475


Fife 

600

795

735

702


Grampian 

1,086

1,243

1,319

1,515


Lothian and Borders 

1,923

1,859

2,156

2,168


Northern 

650

695

794

945


Strathclyde 

6,489

6,806

5,427

6,212


Tayside 

1,293

1,424

1,486

1,515


Scotland4

13,121

13,949

13,152

14,389

 

Breach of the Peace


Central 

727

837

902

900


Dumfries and Galloway

409

409

355

429


Fife 

634

642

694

644


Grampian 

1,038

1,088

1,081

1,174


Lothian and Borders 

1,758

1,829

2,048

1,804


Northern 

859

881

902

1,009


Strathclyde 

8,365

8,696

7,769

8,441


Tayside 

1,642

1,761

1,736

1,869


Scotland4

15,432

16,143

15,487

16,270

 

Drunkenness


Central 

8

2

6

5


Dumfries and Galloway

1

-

-

1


Fife 

2

5

3

10


Grampian 

22

13

8

17


Lothian and Borders 

18

28

29

25


Northern 

143

104

147

140


Strathclyde 

249

222

187

207


Tayside 

20

32

17

23


Scotland4

463

406

397

428

 

Other Miscellaneous Offences8


Central 

326

366

321

483


Dumfries and Galloway

92

85

92

81


Fife 

214

196

160

242


Grampian 

460

399

369

456


Lothian and Borders 

432

385

548

735


Northern 

253

289

320

325


Strathclyde 

2,931

3,304

3,179

4,642


Tayside 

624

504

634

628


Scotland4

5,333

5,528

5,623

7,592



  Persons Proceeded Against2 in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Approximate Local Authority Area6, 2000-03

  

Local Authority Area

2000

2001

2002

20035

 

Petty Assault


Aberdeen City 

576

666

725

884


Aberdeenshire 

317

336

348

339


Angus 

361

431

435

420


Argyll and Bute 

227

223

169

219


Clackmannanshire 

120

126

113

149


Dumfries and Galloway

351

338

374

475


Dundee City 

696

669

732

779


East Ayrshire 

665

617

454

518


East Dunbartonshire

21

23

17

14


East Lothian 

121

114

145

153


East Renfrewshire 

7

13

13

12


Edinburgh, City of 

1,249

1,198

1,346

1,305


Eilean Siar 

52

65

47

77


Falkirk 

444

442

486

441


Fife 

597

792

733

701


Glasgow City 

2,379

2,535

2,027

2,419


Highland 

528

569

667

755


Inverclyde 

296

286

276

235


Midlothian 

24

47

28

46


Moray 

192

239

239

287


North Ayrshire 

54

45

23

49


North Lanarkshire 

494

588

466

505


Orkney Islands 

27

32

37

39


Perth and Kinross 

230

321

313

311


Renfrewshire 

541

608

393

477


Scottish Borders 

147

172

230

266


Shetland Islands 

41

28

42

64


South Ayrshire 

626

523

483

482


South Lanarkshire 

868

978

918

1,002


Stirling 

161

221

259

259


West Dunbartonshire

277

336

170

255


West Lothian 

371

326

401

387


Other7

61

37

40

52


Scotland4

13,121

13,949

13,152

14,389

 

Breach of the Peace


Aberdeen City 

539

580

595

700


Aberdeenshire 

287

279

269

228


Angus 

383

425

408

475


Argyll and Bute 

266

444

324

381


Clackmannanshire 

119

135

154

181


Dumfries and Galloway

409

409

355

429


Dundee City 

924

900

955

1,038


East Ayrshire 

553

627

462

552


East Dunbartonshire

69

85

38

67


East Lothian 

111

101

138

105


East Renfrewshire 

32

52

28

56


Edinburgh, City of 

1,126

1,100

1,179

1,095


Eilean Siar 

80

43

53

90


Falkirk 

422

501

503

455


Fife 

633

641

694

642


Glasgow City 

3,112

2,844

2,856

3,013


Highland 

738

802

805

860


Inverclyde 

425

330

326

311


Midlothian 

75

65

63

57


Moray 

211

227

217

245


North Ayrshire 

207

194

104

109


North Lanarkshire 

1,108

1,282

1,111

1,162


Orkney Islands 

14

15

15

17


Perth and Kinross 

335

435

373

355


Renfrewshire 

549

580

438

519


Scottish Borders 

164

250

316

272


Shetland Islands 

25

19

27

39


South Ayrshire 

649

609

677

702


South Lanarkshire 

976

1,221

1,058

1,212


Stirling 

185

200

243

264


West Dunbartonshire

416

421

339

353


West Lothian 

281

309

351

274


Other7

6

12

9

9


Scotland4

15,432

16,143

15,487

16,270

 

Drunkenness


Aberdeen City 

2

-

1

2


Aberdeenshire 

5

2

1

1


Angus 

2

-

1

2


Argyll and Bute 

42

23

20

30


Clackmannanshire 

3

1

-

1


Dumfries and Galloway

1

-

-

1


Dundee City 

15

30

11

16


East Ayrshire 

29

26

15

17


East Dunbartonshire

1

2

2

-


East Lothian 

3

-

3

-


Edinburgh, City of 

6

8

9

14


Eilean Siar 

9

7

6

5


Falkirk 

2

-

1

3


Fife 

2

5

3

10


Glasgow City 

35

24

19

40


Highland 

121

95

135

123


Inverclyde 

61

49

40

30


Midlothian 

-

1

-

2


Moray 

15

11

6

14


North Ayrshire 

22

19

6

4


North Lanarkshire 

5

5

3

3


Orkney Islands 

6

2

-

2


Perth and Kinross 

3

2

5

5


Renfrewshire 

4

3

2

-


Scottish Borders 

5

1

12

3


Shetland Islands 

7

-

6

9


South Ayrshire 

22

27

47

39


South Lanarkshire 

4

20

5

2


Stirling 

3

1

5

1


West Dunbartonshire

24

24

28

42


West Lothian 

4

18

5

6


Other7

-

-

-

1


Scotland4

463

406

397

428

 

Other Miscellaneous Offences8


Aberdeen City 

244

228

228

286


Aberdeenshire 

171

115

110

104


Angus 

156

141

171

162


Argyll and Bute 

88

97

74

66


Clackmannanshire 

77

49

40

73


Dumfries and Galloway

92

85

91

81


Dundee City 

390

281

373

351


East Ayrshire 

223

179

155

240


East Dunbartonshire

21

36

29

17


East Lothian 

39

31

21

66


East Renfrewshire 

6

15

20

48


Edinburgh, City of 

256

209

247

298


Eilean Siar 

24

16

27

15


Falkirk 

178

177

181

245


Fife 

214

196

160

242


Glasgow City 

675

878

924

850


Highland 

200

242

267

277


Inverclyde 

209

197

139

245


Midlothian 

17

6

8

22


Moray 

44

55

31

66


North Ayrshire 

150

101

59

206


North Lanarkshire 

575

583

706

1,558


Orkney Islands 

9

11

6

9


Perth and Kinross 

78

81

90

114


Renfrewshire 

181

135

123

212


Scottish Borders 

30

49

74

101


Shetland Islands 

20

20

20

22


South Ayrshire 

221

220

204

306


South Lanarkshire 

513

799

654

757


Stirling 

71

140

100

165


West Dunbartonshire

60

61

85

131


West Lothian 

87

89

197

248


Other7

14

6

8

8


Scotland4

5,333

5,528

5,623

7,592



  Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Police Force Area, 2000-03

  

Police Force Area

2000

2001

2002

20035

 

Petty Assault


Central 

604

628

721

728


Dumfries and Galloway

270

289

309

400


Fife 

488

684

633

625


Grampian 

966

1,085

1,165

1,320


Lothian and Borders 

1,683

1,592

1,868

1,786


Northern 

572

653

685

821


Strathclyde 

4,671

4,828

4,726

5,153


Tayside 

988

1,086

1,190

1,199


Scotland4

10,242

10,845

11,297

12,032

 

Breach of the Peace


Central 

664

750

798

809


Dumfries and Galloway

340

347

301

372


Fife 

564

582

626

585


Grampian 

950

974

952

1,075


Lothian and Borders 

1,656

1,712

1,886

1,653


Northern 

793

835

831

920


Strathclyde 

6,911

7,097

7,252

7,704


Tayside 

1,348

1,478

1,478

1,615


Scotland4

13,226

13,775

14,124

14,733

 

Drunkenness


Central 

7

2

4

4


Dumfries and Galloway

-

-

-

1


Fife 

2

5

3

10


Grampian 

22

13

8

17


Lothian and Borders 

18

26

28

22


Northern 

138

104

140

135


Strathclyde 

227

191

184

203


Tayside 

20

30

17

19


Scotland4

434

371

384

411

 

Other Miscellaneous Offences8


Central 

290

316

288

454


Dumfries and Galloway

62

66

71

64


Fife 

198

180

145

234


Grampian 

444

378

335

428


Lothian and Borders 

397

340

446

672


Northern 

235

280

302

302


Strathclyde 

2,684

2,977

3,062

4,516


Tayside 

538

430

573

560


Scotland4

4,849

4,967

5,222

7,230



  Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Approximate Local Authority Area6, 2000-03

  

Local Authority Area

2000

2001

2002

20035

 

Petty Assault


Aberdeen City 

514

576

631

759


Aberdeenshire 

276

299

313

301


Angus 

305

357

358

358


Argyll and Bute 

177

173

151

192


Clackmannanshire 

95

104

98

124


Dumfries and Galloway

270

289

309

400


Dundee City 

514

490

569

580


East Ayrshire 

513

475

406

467


East Dunbartonshire

14

14

16

14


East Lothian 

116

99

127

130


East Renfrewshire 

6

10

13

12


Edinburgh, City of 

1,072

1,005

1,170

1,058


Eilean Siar 

51

60

44

65


Falkirk 

373

346

406

377


Fife 

488

683

632

624


Glasgow City 

1,682

1,815

1,786

1,973


Highland 

458

536

563

655


Inverclyde 

201

208

242

191


Midlothian 

21

37

22

33


Moray 

175

209

215

256


North Ayrshire 

41

40

22

49


North Lanarkshire 

342

408

393

446


Orkney Islands 

23

29

36

37


Perth and Kinross 

163

237

259

258


Renfrewshire 

387

417

340

375


Scottish Borders 

134

163

207

240


Shetland Islands 

38

27

41

61


South Ayrshire 

486

380

425

414


South Lanarkshire 

615

658

768

823


Stirling 

133

178

214

223


West Dunbartonshire

175

206

147

177


West Lothian 

330

286

336

316


Other7

54

31

38

42


Scotland4

10,242

10,845

11,297

12,032

 

Breach of the Peace


Aberdeen City 

497

513

519

637


Aberdeenshire 

259

256

250

212


Angus 

325

361

358

423


Argyll and Bute 

233

365

305

360


Clackmannanshire 

110

121

147

159


Dumfries and Galloway

340

347

301

372


Dundee City 

758

754

799

879


East Ayrshire 

448

506

437

514


East Dunbartonshire

61

76

37

67


East Lothian 

109

95

130

101


East Renfrewshire 

30

45

26

56


Edinburgh, City of 

1,042

1,032

1,068

989


Eilean Siar 

75

40

50

83


Falkirk 

380

452

434

410


Fife 

564

581

626

583


Glasgow City 

2,523

2,278

2,664

2,683


Highland 

682

761

739

781


Inverclyde 

359

271

310

297


Midlothian 

72

59

60

52


Moray 

194

203

183

226


North Ayrshire 

191

179

103

109


North Lanarkshire 

976

1,096

1,052

1,101


Orkney Islands 

12

14

15

17


Perth and Kinross 

265

362

321

313


Renfrewshire 

432

458

395

478


Scottish Borders 

160

234

302

259


Shetland Islands 

24

18

27

38


South Ayrshire 

569

517

621

643


South Lanarkshire 

799

978

983

1,090


Stirling 

174

177

215

240


West Dunbartonshire

289

324

314

303


West Lothian 

272

288

325

251


Other7

2

11

8

7


Scotland4

13,226

13,775

14,124

14,733

 

Drunkenness


Aberdeen City 

2

-

1

2


Aberdeenshire 

5

2

1

1


Angus 

2

-

1

1


Argyll and Bute 

41

20

20

29


Clackmannanshire 

2

1

-

1


Dumfries and Galloway

-

-

-

1


Dundee City 

15

28

11

15


East Ayrshire 

27

23

14

17


East Dunbartonshire

1

2

2

-


East Lothian 

3

-

3

-


Edinburgh, City of 

6

8

8

12


Eilean Siar 

9

7

6

5


Falkirk 

2

-

1

2


Fife 

2

5

3

10


Glasgow City 

30

17

19

39


Highland 

116

95

128

119


Inverclyde 

60

48

40

30


Midlothian 

-

1

-

2


Moray 

15

11

6

14


North Ayrshire 

20

17

6

4


North Lanarkshire 

4

5

2

2


Orkney Islands 

6

2

-

2


Perth and Kinross 

3

2

5

3


Renfrewshire 

4

2

2

-


Scottish Borders 

5

1

12

3


Shetland Islands 

7

-

6

9


South Ayrshire 

18

23

47

38


South Lanarkshire 

3

17

4

2


Stirling 

3

1

3

1


West Dunbartonshire

19

17

28

42


West Lothian 

4

16

5

5


Scotland4

434

371

384

411

 

Other Miscellaneous Offences8


Aberdeen City 

235

217

208

269


Aberdeenshire 

166

112

101

96


Angus 

140

132

164

151


Argyll and Bute 

78

84

74

66


Clackmannanshire 

74

48

37

72


Dumfries and Galloway

62

66

71

64


Dundee City 

341

231

327

319


East Ayrshire 

205

165

151

232


East Dunbartonshire

15

34

29

17


East Lothian 

38

27

19

65


East Renfrewshire 

6

15

20

48


Edinburgh, City of 

233

182

204

261


Eilean Siar 

21

15

24

12


Falkirk 

160

150

164

225


Fife 

198

180

145

234


Glasgow City 

585

757

867

785


Highland 

188

235

255

258


Inverclyde 

207

191

139

238


Midlothian 

15

6

8

22


Moray 

42

49

26

63


North Ayrshire 

144

100

59

206


North Lanarkshire 

547

562

692

1,548


Orkney Islands 

7

11

5

9


Perth and Kinross 

57

66

82

89


Renfrewshire 

166

116

112

204


Scottish Borders 

26

43

67

92


Shetland Islands 

19

19

18

22


South Ayrshire 

200

194

195

302


South Lanarkshire 

473

714

639

741


Stirling 

56

118

87

157


West Dunbartonshire

50

43

79

123


West Lothian 

82

81

147

232


Other7

13

4

7

7


Scotland4

4,849

4,967

5,222

7,230



  Notes:

  1. Trends in the recorded crime figures between 2003 and 2004 have been affected by the introduction in April 2004 of the Scottish Crime Recording Standard. As anticipated, this increased the numbers of minor crimes recorded by the police, such as vandalism, petty assault, breach of the peace and minor thefts.

  2. Figures for persons proceeded against may be underestimates due to recording delays.

  3. Where main offence.

  4. Scotland totals for court proceedings statistics may contain a small number of cases where the police force area and/or local authority area are unknown.

  5. Includes estimated data.

  6. Incorporates an approximate mapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courts will deal with cases from more than one local authority area. Some local authority areas, including East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Midlothian and North Ayrshire, do not contain a sheriff court.

  7. Includes High Court cases and those where court location is not known.

  8. Excludes breach of social work orders.

Justice

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) recorded cases of, (b) prosecutions for and (c) convictions for (i) dangerous and careless driving, (ii) drunk driving, (iii) speeding, (iv) unlawful use of a vehicle, (v) vehicle defect offences and (vi) other motor vehicle offences there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by (1) police force and (2) local authority area.

Cathy Jamieson: The available information is given in the following tables. The court proceedings statistics for 2004-05 are scheduled for publication in March 2006.

  The statistics dealing with recorded crime and court proceedings are not directly comparable as a person may be proceeded against for more than one crime involving more than one victim and there is the possibility that the crime recorded by the police may be altered in the course of judicial proceedings. Also a crime may be recorded by the police in one year and court proceedings concluded in a subsequent year.

  Selected Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, by Police Force Area, 2000-041

  

Police Force Area

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004




Dangerous and Careless Driving


Central

391

410

445

438

418


Dumfries and Galloway

391

302

392

415

498


Fife

1,741

1,591

1,806

941

658


Grampian

2,301

2,478

2,473

2,445

2,918


Lothian and Borders

1,046

928

952

978

1,002


Northern

619

709

769

971

1,006


Strathclyde

5,075

4,756

4,964

4,963

5,130


Tayside

738

781

899

1,143

1,102


Scotland

12,302

11,955

12,700

12,294

12,732

 

Drink Driving


Central

580

678

705

605

606


Dumfries and Galloway

260

278

250

237

289


Fife

654

662

840

824

699


Grampian

1,045

1,165

1,271

1,310

1,277


Lothian and Borders

1,775

1,794

1,801

1,697

1,654


Northern

785

863

890

973

887


Strathclyde

4,710

5,002

5,049

4,812

4,855


Tayside

903

961

976

1,108

944


Scotland

10,712

11,403

11,782

11,566

11,211

 

Speeding


Central

6,087

5,706

5,970

13,669

7,872


Dumfries and Galloway

9,963

8,440

6,752

10,786

18,887


Fife

7,017

8,159

9,628

8,920

11,069


Grampian

11,169

8,888

11,124

26,134

23,497


Lothian and Borders

21,015

21,043

17,736

31,988

63,712


Northern

5,944

6,284

7,177

6,620

6,099


Strathclyde

43,971

47,435

40,060

63,576

60,931


Tayside

11,584

17,285

13,358

19,255

23,991


Scotland

116,750

123,240

111,805

180,948

216,058

 

Unlawful Use of a Vehicle


Central

3,791

5,711

5,909

5,379

4,298


Dumfries and Galloway

2,792

2,494

2,569

2,447

2,616


Fife

8,309

7,304

7,881

8,016

7,027


Grampian

7,426

8,008

9,071

7,437

6,037


Lothian and Borders

13,661

12,821

10,412

11,420

10,126


Northern

3,180

3,215

3,659

3,347

3,168


Strathclyde

39,604

41,576

43,392

44,977

33,445


Tayside

6,450

6,968

8,167

10,314

7,951


Scotland

85,213

88,097

91,060

93,337

74,668

 

Vehicle Defect Offences


Central

3,497

5,760

4,845

4,041

3,564


Dumfries and Galloway

906

662

643

606

700


Fife

8,168

6,500

4,565

1,963

1,200


Grampian

2,182

2,462

3,074

2,508

2,856


Lothian and Borders

6,439

6,671

6,726

6,074

6,361


Northern

2,372

2,466

3,157

2,581

2,396


Strathclyde

23,774

21,605

21,476

21,056

8,538


Tayside

984

1,171

1,772

2,367

2,949


Scotland

48,322

47,297

46,258

41,196

28,564

 

Other Motor Vehicle Offences


Central

2,950

3,412

3,429

3,636

4,065


Dumfries and Galloway

2,171

1,371

1,381

1,611

2,208


Fife

5,954

5,607

4,664

4,069

3,867


Grampian

7,617

7,151

6,358

4,052

4,994


Lothian and Borders

14,851

17,107

15,301

15,210

19,853


Northern

2,969

2,455

3,017

2,531

2,454


Strathclyde

33,225

39,520

29,400

32,593

37,759


Tayside

2,736

3,481

4,161

6,450

9,762


Scotland

72,473

80,104

67,711

70,152

84,962



  Selected Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, by Local Authority Area, 2000-041

  

Local Authority Area

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004




Dangerous and Careless Driving


Aberdeen City

1,075

1,149

1,147

1,060

1,307


Aberdeenshire

875

926

888

972

1,189


Angus

208

240

307

365

373


Argyll and Bute

315

295

304

327

344


Clackmannanshire

49

40

78

91

75


Dumfries and Galloway

391

302

392

415

498


Dundee City

264

291

301

379

365


East Ayrshire

219

183

242

207

205


East Dunbartonshire

141

135

145

135

142


East Lothian

108

108

96

108

163


East Renfrewshire

119

109

132

129

116


Edinburgh, City of

469

426

411

446

458


Eilean Siar

42

52

59

80

98


Falkirk

189

209

194

171

166


Fife

1,741

1,591

1,806

941

658


Glasgow City

1,704

1,639

1,787

1,799

1,756


Highland

525

602

628

803

823


Inverclyde

201

193

183

161

178


Midlothian

114

86

115

109

81


Moray

351

403

438

413

422


North Ayrshire

157

175

205

196

207


North Lanarkshire

597

598

595

686

734


Orkney Islands

29

44

57

53

55


Perth and Kinross

266

250

291

399

364


Renfrewshire

383

404

361

365

385


Scottish Borders

161

130

160

180

176


Shetland Islands

23

11

25

35

30


South Ayrshire

323

206

250

177

180


South Lanarkshire

752

655

615

602

670


Stirling

153

161

173

176

177


West Dunbartonshire

164

164

145

179

213


West Lothian

194

178

170

135

124


Scotland

12,302

11,955

12,700

12,294

12,732

 

Drink Driving


Aberdeen City

457

524

559

615

578


Aberdeenshire

408

417

474

448

480


Angus

200

247

225

255

248


Argyll and Bute

221

251

286

268

277


Clackmannanshire

104

74

89

77

96


Dumfries and Galloway

260

278

250

237

289


Dundee City

377

413

440

505

375


East Ayrshire

197

218

229

242

239


East Dunbartonshire

153

113

156

139

136


East Lothian

118

112

110

135

144


East Renfrewshire

81

97

104

116

108


Edinburgh, City of

960

866

922

753

843


Eilean Siar

76

89

80

83

96


Falkirk

268

361

325

325

319


Fife

654

662

840

824

699


Glasgow City

1,626

1,685

1,710

1,666

1,649


Highland

611

702

711

770

669


Inverclyde

141

174

176

166

147


Midlothian

116

167

180

196

153


Moray

180

224

238

247

219


North Ayrshire

210

264

254

255

273


North Lanarkshire

737

753

718

679

705


Orkney Islands

44

34

40

45

48


Perth and Kinross

326

301

311

348

321


Renfrewshire

331

386

393

315

299


Scottish Borders

176

215

193

234

198


Shetland Islands

54

38

59

75

74


South Ayrshire

244

242

268

222

254


South Lanarkshire

562

605

553

558

573


Stirling

208

243

291

203

191


West Dunbartonshire

207

214

202

186

195


West Lothian

405

434

396

379

316


Scotland

10,712

11,403

11,782

11,566

11,211

 

Speeding


Aberdeen City

4,834

3,473

6,548

20,852

19,340


Aberdeenshire

5,554

4,524

4,001

4,659

2,780


Angus

4,475

5,468

4,795

5,509

5,210


Argyll and Bute

2,741

1,766

2,122

1,772

1,989


Clackmannanshire

823

709

723

1,080

524


Dumfries and Galloway

9,963

8,440

6,752

10,786

18,887


Dundee City

1,300

1,130

1,161

2,553

7,478


East Ayrshire

2,238

1,152

1,818

5,638

16,622


East Dunbartonshire

382

411

340

647

902


East Lothian

1,876

1,072

1,884

1,054

478


East Renfrewshire

898

1,317

619

676

514


Edinburgh, City of

8,241

9,176

7,724

20,250

43,985


Eilean Siar

120

101

138

217

278


Falkirk

2,482

3,057

2,816

4,720

3,065


Fife

7,017

8,159

9,628

8,920

11,069


Glasgow City

25,916

31,353

18,805

18,073

11,308


Highland

5,557

5,997

6,846

6,182

5,519


Inverclyde

1,187

642

622

644

1,309


Midlothian

467

1,069

759

328

454


Moray

781

891

575

623

1,377


North Ayrshire

915

813

658

617

984


North Lanarkshire

2,936

3,571

9,685

28,209

18,128


Orkney Islands

68

19

118

63

86


Perth and Kinross

5,809

10,687

7,402

11,193

11,303


Renfrewshire

1,130

973

909

1,628

2,427


Scottish Borders

8,994

8,362

5,748

9,439

16,691


Shetland Islands

199

167

75

158

216


South Ayrshire

1,210

860

1,009

608

730


South Lanarkshire

3,447

3,811

2,930

4,564

4,937


Stirling

2,782

1,940

2,431

7,869

4,283


West Dunbartonshire

971

766

543

500

1,081


West Lothian

1,437

1,364

1,621

917

2,104


Scotland

116,750

123,240

111,805

180,948

216,058

 

Unlawful Use of a Vehicle


Aberdeen City

3,945

4,102

5,158

3,954

3,075


Aberdeenshire

2,559

2,744

2,502

2,453

2,300


Angus

1,126

1,429

1,642

2,225

2,012


Argyll and Bute

1,414

1,434

1,352

1,558

1,060


Clackmannanshire

604

888

1,073

1,009

897


Dumfries and Galloway

2,792

2,494

2,569

2,447

2,616


Dundee City

3,422

3,340

4,162

5,558

3,661


East Ayrshire

1,682

1,578

1,954

2,042

1,473


East Dunbartonshire

768

793

974

834

611


East Lothian

936

959

689

757

862


East Renfrewshire

631

739

706

661

606


Edinburgh, City of

6,889

6,364

5,430

6,225

5,688


Eilean Siar

157

255

223

189

203


Falkirk

2,083

3,083

2,808

2,747

2,107


Fife

8,309

7,304

7,881

8,016

7,027


Glasgow City

15,538

16,499

18,320

18,726

13,548


Highland

2,677

2,727

3,105

2,777

2,706


Inverclyde

1,503

1,320

1,069

1,233

1,223


Midlothian

1,334

1,161

1,000

979

738


Moray

922

1,162

1,411

1,030

662


North Ayrshire

1,665

1,760

1,654

1,804

1,496


North Lanarkshire

6,644

7,268

7,172

7,595

5,379


Orkney Islands

155

128

169

125

92


Perth and Kinross

1,902

2,199

2,363

2,531

2,278


Renfrewshire

2,369

2,448

2,833

2,824

2,003


Scottish Borders

1,292

1,090

951

1,054

946


Shetland Islands

191

105

162

256

167


South Ayrshire

1,921

1,925

2,130

1,695

1,228


South Lanarkshire

4,377

4,663

4,121

4,679

3,648


Stirling

1,104

1,740

2,028

1,623

1,294


West Dunbartonshire

1,092

1,149

1,107

1,326

1,170


West Lothian

3,210

3,247

2,342

2,405

1,892


Scotland

85,213

88,097

91,060

93,337

74,668

 

Vehicle Defect Offences


Aberdeen City

610

754

1,034

627

781


Aberdeenshire

1,261

1,167

1,410

1,306

1,670


Angus

256

343

305

552

569


Argyll and Bute

922

1,092

1,153

1,297

286


Clackmannanshire

461

691

680

701

637


Dumfries and Galloway

906

662

643

606

700


Dundee City

242

262

429

617

1,028


East Ayrshire

1,825

1,160

1,557

1,207

287


East Dunbartonshire

436

412

308

304

198


East Lothian

300

301

307

355

214


East Renfrewshire

380

457

401

326

275


Edinburgh, City of

2,485

2,725

2,629

2,940

3,121


Eilean Siar

52

120

157

103

54


Falkirk

1,951

3,123

2,446

2,125

1,870


Fife

8,168

6,500

4,565

1,963

1,200


Glasgow City

8,639

6,764

6,052

6,058

3,365


Highland

2,117

2,184

2,805

2,239

2,197


Inverclyde

1,333

1,075

965

1,027

457


Midlothian

1,172

921

1,071

692

889


Moray

311

541

630

575

405


North Ayrshire

1,187

961

1,473

1,003

271


North Lanarkshire

2,799

3,656

3,576

4,274

1,365


Orkney Islands

102

92

128

135

75


Perth and Kinross

486

566

1,038

1,198

1,352


Renfrewshire

1,343

1,129

1,158

989

557


Scottish Borders

809

1,051

875

865

800


Shetland Islands

101

70

67

104

70


South Ayrshire

2,210

1,641

2,567

1,830

374


South Lanarkshire

2,240

2,652

1,884

2,333

862


Stirling

1,085

1,946

1,719

1,215

1,057


West Dunbartonshire

460

606

382

408

241


West Lothian

1,673

1,673

1,844

1,222

1,337


Scotland

48,322

47,297

46,258

41,196

28,564

 

Other Motor Vehicle Offences


Aberdeen City

3,482

3,430

3,180

2,020

2,414


Aberdeenshire

3,191

2,792

2,248

1,537

1,935


Angus

425

618

919

1,394

1,672


Argyll and Bute

928

683

806

1,105

1,205


Clackmannanshire

386

416

420

555

647


Dumfries and Galloway

2,171

1,371

1,381

1,611

2,208


Dundee City

1,098

1,514

1,849

2,988

4,185


East Ayrshire

1,118

1,014

936

983

1,195


East Dunbartonshire

658

655

374

354

464


East Lothian

1,150

749

624

590

767


East Renfrewshire

401

502

580

466

526


Edinburgh, City of

8,166

8,815

9,412

10,866

15,467


Eilean Siar

91

110

199

119

90


Falkirk

1,625

1,858

1,865

1,928

2,187


Fife

5,954

5,607

4,664

4,069

3,867


Glasgow City

16,266

19,694

13,872

17,501

20,626


Highland

2,438

2,119

2,496

2,069

2,057


Inverclyde

1,418

1,520

951

601

780


Midlothian

1,076

1,002

779

614

715


Moray

944

929

930

495

645


North Ayrshire

617

801

666

688

901


North Lanarkshire

3,853

5,591

5,000

4,638

4,517


Orkney Islands

271

123

149

180

147


Perth and Kinross

1,213

1,349

1,393

2,068

3,905


Renfrewshire

1,693

2,232

1,676

1,249

1,335


Scottish Borders

1,572

1,658

1,616

1,310

996


Shetland Islands

169

103

173

163

160


South Ayrshire

1,396

1,232

1,326

1,097

1,759


South Lanarkshire

3,727

4,240

2,226

3,107

3,367


Stirling

939

1,138

1,144

1,153

1,231


West Dunbartonshire

1,150

1,356

987

804

1,084


West Lothian

2,887

4,883

2,870

1,830

1,908


Scotland

72,473

80,104

67,711

70,152

84,962



  Persons Proceeded Against2 in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Police Force Area, 2000-03

  

Police force area

2000

2001

2002

20035

 

Dangerous and Careless Driving


Central 

120

139

147

192


Dumfries and Galloway

198

156

213

228


Fife 

171

253

250

217


Grampian 

432

484

445

610


Lothian and Borders 

347

441

482

538


Northern 

239

280

325

423


Strathclyde 

1,373

1,463

1,415

1,601


Tayside 

251

307

394

483


Scotland4

3,131

3,523

3,671

4,292

 

Drink Driving


Central 

413

309

654

564


Dumfries and Galloway

174

217

224

240


Fife 

374

378

726

602


Grampian 

825

833

945

1,029


Lothian and Borders 

1,181

1,190

1,545

1,424


Northern 

516

575

694

739


Strathclyde 

2,984

2,965

3,515

3,113


Tayside 

604

661

807

839


Scotland4

7,071

7,128

9,110

8,550

 

Speeding8


Central 

861

781

722

862


Dumfries and Galloway

1,446

943

935

870


Fife 

562

493

562

902


Grampian 

1,526

1,206

1,095

1,253


Lothian and Borders 

1,505

1,670

1,691

1,589


Northern 

595

928

1,272

1,653


Strathclyde 

3,609

2,404

1,726

2,858


Tayside 

1,369

1,684

1,717

2,123


Scotland4

11,473

10,109

9,720

12,110

 

Unlawful Use of a Vehicle


Central 

1,363

1,485

1,556

1,543


Dumfries and Galloway

625

584

613

633


Fife 

1,646

1,721

1,895

1,993


Grampian 

1,880

1,876

2,086

2,051


Lothian and Borders 

3,532

3,587

3,631

3,757


Northern 

655

523

710

730


Strathclyde 

7,571

8,421

7,744

7,889


Tayside 

1,813

1,824

2,148

2,506


Scotland4

19,085

20,021

20,383

21,102

 

Vehicle Defect Offences


Central 

179

176

169

100


Dumfries and Galloway

134

72

91

101


Fife 

75

48

60

65


Grampian 

211

127

201

266


Lothian and Borders 

255

280

226

295


Northern 

113

95

180

173


Strathclyde 

721

578

385

454


Tayside 

181

143

230

471


Scotland4

1,869

1,519

1,542

1,925

 

Other Motor Vehicle Offences


Central 

486

439

475

339


Dumfries and Galloway

294

212

161

195


Fife 

274

265

237

266


Grampian 

754

472

389

376


Lothian and Borders 

1,051

997

885

891


Northern 

243

213

323

225


Strathclyde 

2,682

2,718

2,149

1,735


Tayside 

309

296

373

599


Scotland4

6,093

5,612

4,992

4,626



  Persons Proceeded Against2 in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Approximate Local Authority Area6, 2000-03

  

Local Authority Area

2000

2001

2002

20035

 

Dangerous and Careless Driving


Aberdeen City 

166

278

229

348


Aberdeenshire 

77

125

126

154


Angus 

86

111

146

129


Argyll and Bute 

92

89

76

78


Clackmannanshire 

22

17

19

27


Dumfries and Galloway

198

156

213

228


Dundee City 

62

88

125

172


East Ayrshire 

125

121

131

152


East Lothian 

48

42

54

45


Edinburgh, City of 

182

220

231

290


Eilean Siar 

5

22

18

27


Falkirk 

54

60

71

92


Fife 

170

253

250

217


Glasgow City 

329

401

414

396


Highland 

96

241

277

365


Inverclyde 

48

33

47

41


Midlothian 

-

-

-

1


Moray 

60

81

89

107


North Ayrshire 

-

1

-

-


North Lanarkshire 

64

97

100

91


Orkney Islands 

6

13

24

15


Perth and Kinross 

103

108

123

182


Renfrewshire 

165

164

117

193


Scottish Borders 

52

86

94

126


Shetland Islands 

5

3

6

16


South Ayrshire 

129

103

101

146


South Lanarkshire 

314

348

355

398


Stirling 

43

62

57

73


West Dunbartonshire

107

105

72

105


West Lothian 

63

93

103

76


Other7

259

1

2

2


Scotland4

3,131

3,523

3,671

4,292

 

Drink Driving


Aberdeen City 

295

459

552

588


Aberdeenshire 

127

223

223

244


Angus 

155

198

182

187


Argyll and Bute 

98

106

129

137


Clackmannanshire 

74

46

48

83


Dumfries and Galloway

174

217

224

240


Dundee City 

232

261

326

363


East Ayrshire 

267

305

278

300


East Lothian 

73

95

114

136


Edinburgh, City of 

743

736

894

779


Eilean Siar 

8

58

73

52


Falkirk 

196

115

375

284


Fife 

374

378

726

602


Glasgow City 

1,074

1,040

1,156

1,049


Highland 

147

458

544

599


Inverclyde 

98

89

121

142


Moray 

92

150

169

197


North Ayrshire 

-

1

-

-


North Lanarkshire 

271

256

306

235


Orkney Islands 

11

24

33

35


Perth and Kinross 

217

202

299

289


Renfrewshire 

267

231

402

269


Scottish Borders 

90

126

159

195


Shetland Islands 

19

35

44

53


South Ayrshire 

200

217

239

245


South Lanarkshire 

509

522

629

507


Stirling 

143

148

231

196


West Dunbartonshire

200

198

255

229


West Lothian 

275

233

378

314


Other7

642

1

1

-


Scotland4

7,071

7,128

9,110

8,550

 

Speeding8


Aberdeen City 

227

431

431

732


Aberdeenshire 

481

663

582

446


Angus 

650

544

704

1,030


Argyll and Bute 

187

164

171

253


Clackmannanshire 

125

152

135

132


Dumfries and Galloway

1,446

943

935

870


Dundee City 

147

147

146

200


East Ayrshire 

403

219

127

258


East Dunbartonshire

31

41

20

38


East Lothian 

126

90

97

105


East Renfrewshire 

100

56

46

59


Edinburgh, City of 

572

569

479

704


Eilean Siar 

5

22

23

42


Falkirk 

568

434

386

382


Fife 

562

493

562

901


Glasgow City 

747

457

326

670


Highland 

355

888

1,230

1,583


Inverclyde 

274

144

111

155


Midlothian 

80

47

70

61


Moray 

57

112

82

75


North Ayrshire 

164

107

88

158


North Lanarkshire 

715

537

259

333


Orkney Islands 

5

1

9

15


Perth and Kinross 

572

993

867

893


Renfrewshire 

135

71

89

141


Scottish Borders 

565

726

803

495


Shetland Islands 

2

17

10

13


South Ayrshire 

208

93

132

196


South Lanarkshire 

496

403

241

515


Stirling 

168

195

201

348


West Dunbartonshire

149

112

116

81


West Lothian 

162

238

242

224


Other7

989

-

-

-


Scotland4

11,473

10,109

9,720

12,110

 

Unlawful Use of a Vehicle


Aberdeen City 

927

1,111

1,311

1,272


Aberdeenshire 

450

544

546

513


Angus 

417

423

476

552


Argyll and Bute 

161

158

158

159


Clackmannanshire 

170

207

215

335


Dumfries and Galloway

625

584

613

633


Dundee City 

910

854

1,100

1,358


East Ayrshire 

548

571

492

546


East Dunbartonshire

16

18

14

8


East Lothian 

235

230

270

238


East Renfrewshire 

32

20

11

-


Edinburgh, City of 

2,285

2,115

2,041

2,167


Eilean Siar 

27

32

44

36


Falkirk 

801

868

825

717


Fife 

1,646

1,721

1,893

1,991


Glasgow City 

2,006

2,782

2,586

2,717


Highland 

279

448

589

621


Inverclyde 

380

337

312

368


Midlothian 

119

45

68

59


Moray 

131

221

229

264


North Ayrshire 

81

104

83

25


North Lanarkshire 

852

1,015

836

774


Orkney Islands 

8

14

40

28


Perth and Kinross 

486

547

572

593


Renfrewshire 

632

537

549

650


Scottish Borders 

225

275

276

409


Shetland Islands 

22

29

37

45


South Ayrshire 

599

548

672

691


South Lanarkshire 

1,753

1,920

1,674

1,566


Stirling 

392

410

514

489


West Dunbartonshire

511

411

357

384


West Lothian 

668

922

975

883


Other7

691

-

2

3


Scotland4

19,085

20,021

20,383

21,102

 

Vehicle Defect Offences


Aberdeen City 

31

43

101

117


Aberdeenshire 

53

63

86

131


Angus 

25

23

23

38


Argyll and Bute 

14

19

13

21


Clackmannanshire 

11

14

5

7


Dumfries and Galloway

134

72

91

101


Dundee City 

44

34

33

41


East Ayrshire 

54

30

23

20


East Dunbartonshire

3

7

3

4


East Lothian 

10

10

9

17


East Renfrewshire 

8

4

3

16


Edinburgh, City of 

161

134

127

173


Eilean Siar 

-

4

4

19


Falkirk 

105

117

119

48


Fife 

75

48

60

65


Glasgow City 

148

136

79

104


Highland 

42

87

167

142


Inverclyde 

37

32

26

53


Midlothian 

16

8

12

20


Moray 

9

21

14

18


North Ayrshire 

24

11

9

22


North Lanarkshire 

130

105

84

83


Orkney Islands 

3

2

4

5


Perth and Kinross 

112

86

174

392


Renfrewshire 

32

23

18

42


Scottish Borders 

31

55

32

56


Shetland Islands 

4

2

5

7


South Ayrshire 

71

38

38

38


South Lanarkshire 

177

143

68

40


Stirling 

63

45

45

45


West Dunbartonshire

23

30

21

11


West Lothian 

37

73

46

29


Other7

180

-

-

-


Scotland4

1,869

1,519

1,542

1,925

 

Other Motor Vehicle Offences


Aberdeen City 

172

208

179

190


Aberdeenshire 

192

206

176

147


Angus 

73

57

67

162


Argyll and Bute 

45

80

21

65


Clackmannanshire 

44

45

45

48


Dumfries and Galloway

294

212

161

195


Dundee City 

101

101

158

233


East Ayrshire 

174

137

92

77


East Dunbartonshire

20

32

19

10


East Lothian 

101

48

49

30


East Renfrewshire 

15

21

16

54


Edinburgh, City of 

695

658

505

542


Eilean Siar 

1

4

8

6


Falkirk 

301

271

293

163


Fife 

274

265

237

266


Glasgow City 

1,035

884

567

253


Highland 

63

201

301

210


Inverclyde 

217

230

214

159


Midlothian 

43

48

18

19


Moray 

36

58

34

39


North Ayrshire 

77

72

48

51


North Lanarkshire 

326

469

435

472


Orkney Islands 

1

6

9

2


Perth and Kinross 

135

138

148

204


Renfrewshire 

102

112

137

95


Scottish Borders 

84

95

113

116


Shetland Islands 

-

2

5

6


South Ayrshire 

216

157

163

145


South Lanarkshire 

379

415

343

197


Stirling 

141

123

137

128


West Dunbartonshire

76

109

94

157


West Lothian 

128

148

200

184


Other7

532

-

-

1


Scotland4

6,093

5,612

4,992

4,626



  Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Police Force Area, 2000-03

  

Police Force Area

2000

2001

2002

20035

 

Dangerous and Careless Driving


Central 

94

124

138

182


Dumfries and Galloway

172

144

197

207


Fife 

161

236

237

210


Grampian 

412

445

416

569


Lothian and Borders 

323

420

457

507


Northern 

223

273

308

405


Strathclyde 

1,199

1,293

1,316

1,499


Tayside 

232

282

350

448


Scotland4

2,816

3,217

3,419

4,027

 

Drink Driving


Central 

393

298

640

537


Dumfries and Galloway

166

210

214

234


Fife 

360

369

708

583


Grampian 

784

811

920

1,012


Lothian and Borders 

1,122

1,171

1,495

1,381


Northern 

499

568

679

715


Strathclyde 

2,784

2,725

3,430

3,017


Tayside 

583

640

768

801


Scotland4

6,691

6,792

8,854

8,280

 

Speeding8


Central 

838

768

713

859


Dumfries and Galloway

1,386

893

917

853


Fife 

560

490

558

899


Grampian 

1,519

1,205

1,090

1,249


Lothian and Borders 

1,494

1,663

1,681

1,580


Northern 

589

927

1,269

1,648


Strathclyde 

3,567

2,353

1,701

2,840


Tayside 

1,362

1,678

1,707

2,106


Scotland4

11,315

9,977

9,636

12,034

 

Unlawful Use of a Vehicle


Central 

1,218

1,357

1,435

1,425


Dumfries and Galloway

475

474

545

527


Fife 

1,539

1,632

1,770

1,897


Grampian 

1,782

1,778

1,974

1,950


Lothian and Borders 

3,257

3,336

3,416

3,525


Northern 

592

505

661

675


Strathclyde 

6,353

7,022

7,143

7,229


Tayside 

1,706

1,700

1,948

2,229


Scotland4

16,922

17,804

18,892

19,457

 

Vehicle Defect Offences


Central 

131

132

147

95


Dumfries and Galloway

101

56

74

85


Fife 

70

45

56

62


Grampian 

190

117

190

253


Lothian and Borders 

238

248

210

275


Northern 

105

92

166

157


Strathclyde 

575

428

349

429


Tayside 

166

134

206

414


Scotland4

1,576

1,252

1,398

1,770

 

Other Motor Vehicle Offences


Central 

437

399

446

320


Dumfries and Galloway

232

191

147

176


Fife 

260

241

210

256


Grampian 

697

448

355

344


Lothian and Borders 

950

884

839

833


Northern 

218

202

313

207


Strathclyde 

2,352

2,354

2,043

1,673


Tayside 

291

271

339

548


Scotland4

5,437

4,990

4,692

4,357



  Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Approximate Local Authority Area6, 2000-03

  

Local Authority Area

2000

2001

2002

20035

 

Dangerous and Careless Driving


Aberdeen City 

157

253

212

315


Aberdeenshire 

73

113

123

148


Angus 

78

107

134

122


Argyll and Bute 

87

81

72

75


Clackmannanshire 

15

16

18

26


Dumfries and Galloway

172

144

197

207


Dundee City 

58

79

106

157


East Ayrshire 

116

109

127

148


East Lothian 

44

38

52

42


Edinburgh, City of 

170

212

215

268


Eilean Siar 

3

21

17

26


Falkirk 

43

54

66

85


Fife 

161

236

237

210


Glasgow City 

282

346

384

368


Highland 

89

235

263

350


Inverclyde 

40

27

46

41


Midlothian 

-

-

-

1


Moray 

58

79

81

105


North Lanarkshire 

51

83

90

87


Orkney Islands 

6

13

23

14


Perth and Kinross 

96

96

110

169


Renfrewshire 

144

152

111

181


Scottish Borders 

52

84

91

122


Shetland Islands 

4

3

5

15


South Ayrshire 

115

95

97

139


South Lanarkshire 

277

308

323

368


Stirling 

35

54

54

71


West Dunbartonshire

87

91

64

91


West Lothian 

55

86

99

74


Other7

248

1

2

2


Scotland4

2,816

3,217

3,419

4,027

 

Drink Driving


Aberdeen City 

282

445

529

575


Aberdeenshire 

122

218

223

241


Angus 

155

192

179

183


Argyll and Bute 

94

98

125

131


Clackmannanshire 

69

41

48

78


Dumfries and Galloway

166

210

214

234


Dundee City 

222

251

305

336


East Ayrshire 

259

296

275

298


East Lothian 

71

93

111

134


Edinburgh, City of 

711

728

868

753


Eilean Siar 

6

55

72

50


Falkirk 

189

112

364

270


Fife 

360

369

708

583


Glasgow City 

979

942

1,133

1,018


Highland 

143

455

530

580


Inverclyde 

95

85

118

141


Moray 

91

147

167

196


North Lanarkshire 

242

235

291

220


Orkney Islands 

10

23

33

33


Perth and Kinross 

206

197

284

282


Renfrewshire 

253

210

396

256


Scottish Borders 

90

125

153

188


Shetland Islands 

19

35

44

52


South Ayrshire 

192

211

233

242


South Lanarkshire 

479

469

608

489


Stirling 

135

145

228

189


West Dunbartonshire

191

179

251

222


West Lothian 

250

225

363

306


Other7

610

1

1

-


Scotland4

6,691

6,792

8,854

8,280

 

Speeding8


Aberdeen City 

227

431

429

730


Aberdeenshire 

480

662

581

445


Angus 

648

543

699

1,028


Argyll and Bute 

187

161

171

252


Clackmannanshire 

124

152

135

132


Dumfries and Galloway

1,386

893

917

853


Dundee City 

146

146

145

197


East Ayrshire 

400

218

127

258


East Dunbartonshire

31

39

20

38


East Lothian 

126

90

96

102


East Renfrewshire 

98

56

46

59


Edinburgh, City of 

569

564

475

700


Eilean Siar 

5

22

23

42


Falkirk 

551

430

382

380


Fife 

560

490

558

899


Glasgow City 

737

447

321

668


Highland 

353

887

1,227

1,578


Inverclyde 

272

142

111

155


Midlothian 

80

47

70

61


Moray 

56

112

80

74


North Ayrshire 

163

107

87

158


North Lanarkshire 

709

528

258

333


Orkney Islands 

5

1

9

15


Perth and Kinross 

568

989

863

881


Renfrewshire 

130

68

89

141


Scottish Borders 

559

725

801

495


Shetland Islands 

2

17

10

13


South Ayrshire 

207

91

132

194


South Lanarkshire 

487

390

225

502


Stirling 

163

186

196

347


West Dunbartonshire

146

106

114

81


West Lothian 

160

237

239

222


Other7

980

-

-

-


Scotland4

11,315

9,977

9,636

12,034

 

Unlawful Use of a Vehicle


Aberdeen City 

878

1,051

1,242

1,204


Aberdeenshire 

423

521

519

489


Angus 

396

391

446

501


Argyll and Bute 

140

135

147

143


Clackmannanshire 

162

190

205

312


Dumfries and Galloway

475

474

545

527


Dundee City 

854

788

995

1,197


East Ayrshire 

496

523

466

531


East Dunbartonshire

14

18

14

8


East Lothian 

208

222

260

227


East Renfrewshire 

28

20

11

-


Edinburgh, City of 

2,119

1,955

1,911

2,025


Eilean Siar 

21

32

40

31


Falkirk 

712

799

748

668


Fife 

1,539

1,632

1,769

1,897


Glasgow City 

1,666

2,276

2,405

2,519


Highland 

244

432

547

574


Inverclyde 

345

311

303

352


Midlothian 

117

45

66

59


Moray 

130

206

213

255


North Ayrshire 

80

102

81

25


North Lanarkshire 

732

883

791

739


Orkney Islands 

7

14

39

28


Perth and Kinross 

456

521

507

531


Renfrewshire 

533

436

496

581


Scottish Borders 

219

266

268

377


Shetland Islands 

20

27

35

42


South Ayrshire 

527

493

622

632


South Lanarkshire 

1,392

1,511

1,491

1,360


Stirling 

344

368

481

444


West Dunbartonshire

400

314

316

338


West Lothian 

594

848

911

837


Other7

651

-

2

3


Scotland4

16,922

17,804

18,892

19,457

 

Vehicle Defect Offences


Aberdeen City 

28

38

97

113


Aberdeenshire 

46

60

80

124


Angus 

24

21

22

36


Argyll and Bute 

10

18

12

19


Clackmannanshire 

8

13

4

7


Dumfries and Galloway

101

56

74

85


Dundee City 

43

34

32

34


East Ayrshire 

44

21

22

19


East Dunbartonshire

2

6

3

4


East Lothian 

9

9

7

16


East Renfrewshire 

8

4

3

16


Edinburgh, City of 

148

116

114

160


Eilean Siar 

-

4

4

15


Falkirk 

77

87

106

44


Fife 

70

45

56

62


Glasgow City 

112

98

65

99


Highland 

39

85

154

130


Inverclyde 

34

26

24

49


Midlothian 

16

7

12

20


Moray 

9

19

13

16


North Ayrshire 

23

9

9

22


North Lanarkshire 

115

90

79

81


Orkney Islands 

3

1

3

5


Perth and Kinross 

99

79

152

344


Renfrewshire 

23

15

15

41


Scottish Borders 

31

53

32

51


Shetland Islands 

4

2

5

7


South Ayrshire 

55

27

37

35


South Lanarkshire 

134

95

62

34


Stirling 

46

32

37

44


West Dunbartonshire

15

19

18

10


West Lothian 

34

63

45

28


Other7

166

-

-

-


Scotland4

1,576

1,252

1,398

1,770

 

Other Motor Vehicle Offences


Aberdeen City 

151

194

157

171


Aberdeenshire 

180

202

169

137


Angus 

68

51

63

150


Argyll and Bute 

36

71

21

65


Clackmannanshire 

40

42

40

46


Dumfries and Galloway

232

191

147

176


Dundee City 

99

91

142

207


East Ayrshire 

156

118

87

73


East Dunbartonshire

20

29

19

10


East Lothian 

93

42

48

28


East Renfrewshire 

15

21

16

54


Edinburgh, City of 

630

577

466

499


Eilean Siar 

-

4

8

5


Falkirk 

268

248

277

153


Fife 

260

241

210

256


Glasgow City 

932

755

531

228


Highland 

60

192

292

194


Inverclyde 

202

216

211

155


Midlothian 

43

47

18

19


Moray 

33

52

29

36


North Ayrshire 

77

71

47

51


North Lanarkshire 

296

437

426

471


Orkney Islands 

1

5

8

1


Perth and Kinross 

124

129

134

191


Renfrewshire 

76

90

127

88


Scottish Borders 

82

92

111

108


Shetland Islands 

-

1

5

6


South Ayrshire 

180

125

155

140


South Lanarkshire 

310

341

316

188


Stirling 

129

109

129

121


West Dunbartonshire

52

80

87

150


West Lothian 

102

126

196

179


Other7

490

-

-

1


Scotland4

5,437

4,990

4,692

4,357



  Notes:

  1. Trends in the recorded crime figures between 2003 and 2004 have been affected by the introduction in April 2004 of the Scottish Crime Recording Standard. As anticipated, this increased the numbers of minor crimes recorded by the police, such as vandalism, petty assault, breach of the peace and minor thefts.

  2. Figures for persons proceeded against may be underestimates due to recording delays.

  3. Where main offence.

  4. Scotland totals for court proceedings statistics may contain a small number of cases where the police force area and/or local authority area are unknown.

  5. Includes estimated data.

  6. Incorporates an approximate mapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courts will deal with cases from more than one local authority area. Some local authority areas, including East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Midlothian and North Ayrshire, do not contain a sheriff court.

  7. Includes High Court cases and those where court location is not known.

  8. Includes clearway and motorway offences.

Justice

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) recorded cases of, (b) prosecutions for and (c) convictions for drug crimes there have been in each of the last five years, broken down into (i) illegal importation of drugs, (ii) illegal cultivation of drugs, (iii) possession of drugs with intent to supply, (iv) possession of drugs, (v) money laundering-related drugs offences and (vi) other drugs offences, in each (1) police force and (2) local authority area.

Cathy Jamieson: The available information is given in the following tables. The court proceedings statistics for 2004-05 are scheduled for publication in March 2006.

  The statistics dealing with recorded crime and court proceedings are not directly comparable as a person may be proceeded against for more than one crime involving more than one victim and there is the possibility that the crime recorded by the police may be altered in the course of judicial proceedings. Also a crime may be recorded by the police in one year and court proceedings concluded in a subsequent year.

  Selected Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, By Police Force area, 2000-041

  

Police Force Area

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

 

Illegal Importation of Drugs


Central

-

-

-

2

1


Dumfries and Galloway

-

-

-

-

-


Fife

-

-

-

-

-


Grampian

-

-

-

-

-


Lothian and Borders

1

3

-

1

-


Northern

-

-

1

-

-


Strathclyde

-

1

2

-

1


Tayside

-

-

-

-

-


Scotland

1

4

3

3

2

 

Illegal Production, Manufacture or Cultivation of Drugs


Central

2

5

3

5

22


Dumfries and Galloway

4

1

6

5

5


Fife

13

23

42

32

34


Grampian

4

3

7

21

28


Lothian and Borders

34

35

41

52

47


Northern

7

7

16

17

11


Strathclyde

47

57

59

83

88


Tayside

4

6

11

19

16


Scotland

115

137

185

234

251

 

Supply, Possession of Drugs with Intent to Supply


Central

409

696

483

466

593


Dumfries and Galloway

215

280

342

404

289


Fife

448

623

672

501

583


Grampian

625

689

834

608

707


Lothian and Borders

1,530

1,05

2,085

1,522

1,986


Northern

194

356

330

331

373


Strathclyde

4,701

5,011

4,607

4,261

3,841


Tayside

523

592

786

714

775


Scotland

8,645

10,152

10,139

8,807

9,147

 

Possession of Drugs


Central

867

1,260

1,427

1,461

1,501


Dumfries and Galloway

228

362

416

504

587


Fife

786

997

1,228

1,270

1,269


Grampian

1,676

1,897

2,308

2,149

2,383


Lothian and Borders

3,596

3,596

4,432

3,803

4,152


Northern

876

1,241

1,299

1,490

1,438


Strathclyde

13,065

14,793

16,841

18,300

18,808


Tayside

1,097

1,450

1,817

2,164

2,636


Scotland

22,191

25,596

29,768

31,141

32,774

 

Other Drug Offences


Central

7

16

4

11

7


Dumfries and Galloway

1

6

11

6

6


Fife

1

2

2

1

-


Grampian

14

9

3

7

4


Lothian and Borders

37

27

32

26

31


Northern

7

3

10

4

22


Strathclyde

412

221

221

224

137


Tayside

-

2

1

1

3


Scotland

479

286

284

280

210



  Selected Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, by Local Authority Area, 2000-041

  

Local Authority Area

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

 

Illegal Importation of Drugs


Aberdeen City

-

-

-

-

-


Aberdeenshire

-

-

-

-

-


Angus

-

-

-

-

-


Argyll and Bute

-

-

-

-

-


Clackmannanshire

-

-

-

-

-


Dumfries and Galloway

-

-

-

-

-


Dundee City

-

-

-

-

-


East Ayrshire

-

-

-

-

-


East Dunbartonshire

-

-

-

-

1


East Lothian

-

-

-

-

-


East Renfrewshire

-

1

-

-

-


Edinburgh, City of

1

3

-

1

-


Eilean Siar

-

-

-

-

-


Falkirk

-

-

-

2

1


Fife

-

-

-

-

-


Glasgow City

-

-

-

-

-


Highland

-

-

1

-

-


Inverclyde

-

-

-

-

-


Midlothian

-

-

-

-

-


Moray

-

-

-

-

-


North Ayrshire

-

-

-

-

-


North Lanarkshire

-

-

1

-

-


Orkney Islands

-

-

-

-

-


Perth and Kinross

-

-

-

-

-


Renfrewshire

-

-

1

-

-


Scottish Borders

-

-

-

-

-


Shetland Islands

-

-

-

-

-


South Ayrshire

-

-

-

-

-


South Lanarkshire

-

-

-

-

-


Stirling

-

-

-

-

-


West Dunbartonshire

-

-

-

-

-


West Lothian

-

-

-

-

-


Scotland

1

4

3

3

2

 

Illegal Production, Manufacture or Cultivation of Drugs


Aberdeen City

-

1

4

8

17


Aberdeenshire

4

1

1

8

9


Angus

1

-

2

6

2


Argyll and Bute

12

3

1

4

5


Clackmannanshire

1

-

1

1

5


Dumfries and Galloway

4

1

6

5

5


Dundee City

2

3

5

7

10


East Ayrshire

-

3

6

8

9


East Dunbartonshire

1

1

-

2

2


East Lothian

1

-

5

3

4


East Renfrewshire

2

-

3

-

-


Edinburgh, City of

23

17

20

14

14


Eilean Siar

-

1

2

1

4


Falkirk

1

-

1

4

16


Fife

13

23

42

32

34


Glasgow City

14

22

21

24

23


Highland

7

4

11

12

7


Inverclyde

-

1

1

1

1


Midlothian

3

4

4

10

3


Moray

-

1

2

5

2


North Ayrshire

4

4

3

6

8


North Lanarkshire

3

3

9

15

11


Orkney Islands

-

2

3

3

-


Perth and Kinross

1

3

4

6

4


Renfrewshire

1

8

7

2

5


Scottish Borders

4

7

8

14

12


Shetland Islands

-

-

-

1

-


South Ayrshire

-

9

1

2

2


South Lanarkshire

8

2

4

8

8


Stirling

-

5

1

-

1


West Dunbartonshire

2

1

3

11

14


West Lothian

3

7

4

11

14


Scotland

115

137

185

234

251

 

Supply, Possession of Drugs with Intent to Supply


Aberdeen City

402

435

615

412

478


Aberdeenshire

152

201

161

128

169


Angus

80

102

116

114

137


Argyll and Bute

79

56

80

87

96


Clackmannanshire

68

101

79

131

104


Dumfries and Galloway

215

280

342

404

289


Dundee City

188

237

296

223

300


East Ayrshire

227

264

299

233

258


East Dunbartonshire

83

99

122

122

141


East Lothian

99

56

147

121

149


East Renfrewshire

110

63

43

26

25


Edinburgh, City of

824

1,111

1,329

850

1,079


Eilean Siar

10

33

14

20

24


Falkirk

217

290

230

183

302


Fife

448

623

672

501

583


Glasgow City

2,408

2,449

2,002

1,933

1,614


Highland

154

280

271

271

272


Inverclyde

266

331

274

222

233


Midlothian

77

110

120

110

160


Moray

71

53

58

68

60


North Ayrshire

197

202

278

191

244


North Lanarkshire

449

461

553

448

354


Orkney Islands

4

6

19

25

13


Perth and Kinross

255

253

374

377

338


Renfrewshire

351

344

259

291

211


Scottish Borders

239

221

178

196

257


Shetland Islands

26

37

26

15

64


South Ayrshire

81

251

240

144

134


South Lanarkshire

267

291

273

311

299


Stirling

124

305

174

152

187


West Dunbartonshire

183

200

184

253

232


West Lothian

291

407

311

245

341


Scotland

8,645

10,152

10,139

8,807

9,147

 

Possession of Drugs


Aberdeen City

921

1,109

1,450

1,262

1,389


Aberdeenshire

566

582

595

605

616


Angus

225

298

371

400

422


Argyll and Bute

355

330

428

493

515


Clackmannanshire

165

190

271

200

218


Dumfries and Galloway

228

362

416

504

587


Dundee City

517

663

866

1,076

1,342


East Ayrshire

554

514

629

662

668


East Dunbartonshire

233

363

330

349

369


East Lothian

238

159

354

247

224


East Renfrewshire

310

275

248

288

230


Edinburgh, City of

1,992

1,974

2,501

2,132

2,417


Eilean Siar

37

78

77

72

84


Falkirk

401

548

599

689

749


Fife

786

997

1,228

1,270

1,269


Glasgow City

6,066

6,755

7,183

8,002

8,026


Highland

758

1,083

1,143

1,319

1,243


Inverclyde

626

646

855

794

966


Midlothian

318

286

318

257

298


Moray

189

206

263

282

378


North Ayrshire

638

663

753

835

965


North Lanarkshire

1,357

1,728

2,531

2,487

2,579


Orkney Islands

25

19

19

35

36


Perth and Kinross

355

489

580

688

872


Renfrewshire

716

865

941

908

822


Scottish Borders

484

427

453

395

479


Shetland Islands

56

61

60

64

75


South Ayrshire

455

629

746

575

602


South Lanarkshire

1,230

1,567

1,449

2,074

2,227


Stirling

301

522

557

572

534


West Dunbartonshire

525

458

748

833

839


West Lothian

564

750

806

772

734


Scotland

22,191

25,596

29,768

31,141

32,774

 

Other Drug Offences


Aberdeen City

11

5

2

7

4


Aberdeenshire

2

3

-

-

-


Angus

-

1

-

-

-


Argyll and Bute

4

-

3

-

2


Clackmannanshire

-

4

-

4

2


Dumfries and Galloway

1

6

11

6

6


Dundee City

-

1

-

1

-


East Ayrshire

6

4

16

7

13


East Dunbartonshire

1

2

8

6

3


East Lothian

2

2

1

-

1


East Renfrewshire

6

3

2

2

2


Edinburgh, City of

18

13

13

11

8


Eilean Siar

-

-

1

-

3


Falkirk

5

6

1

4

4


Fife

1

2

2

1

-


Glasgow City

357

162

124

141

66


Highland

7

3

8

3

5


Inverclyde

9

17

15

23

24


Midlothian

4

4

2

1

1


Moray

1

1

1

-

-


North Ayrshire

6

3

20

9

11


North Lanarkshire

8

5

11

10

2


Orkney Islands

-

-

-

1

-


Perth and Kinross

-

-

1

-

3


Renfrewshire

5

7

4

4

1


Scottish Borders

6

6

8

13

14


Shetland Islands

-

-

1

-

14


South Ayrshire

1

7

5

1

1


South Lanarkshire

7

4

7

4

5


Stirling

2

6

3

3

1


West Dunbartonshire

2

7

6

17

7


West Lothian

7

2

8

1

7


Scotland

479

286

284

280

210



  Persons Proceeded Against2 in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Police Force Area, 2000-03

  

Police Force Area

2000

2001

2002

20035

 

Illegal importation of drugs


Fife 

-

-

-

1


Grampian 

3

-

1

1


Lothian and Borders 

-

6

-

-


Northern 

-

1

-

-


Strathclyde 

1

-

2

3


Scotland4

4

7

3

5

 

Illegal Production, Manufacture or Cultivation of Drugs


Central 

1

1

2

6


Dumfries and Galloway

-

3

1

4


Fife 

11

4

19

27


Grampian 

3

2

2

4


Lothian and Borders 

12

16

10

15


Northern 

4

3

7

9


Strathclyde 

19

25

13

19


Tayside 

7

1

3

5


Scotland4

57

55

57

89

 

Supply, Possession of Drugs with Intent to Supply


Central 

70

118

109

125


Dumfries and Galloway

58

41

58

59


Fife 

44

96

90

94


Grampian 

127

142

159

180


Lothian and Borders 

222

207

204

234


Northern 

44

72

73

84


Strathclyde 

1,028

1,038

721

906


Tayside 

130

122

165

143


Scotland4

1,723

1,836

1,579

1,825

 

Possession of Drugs


Central 

187

259

306

341


Dumfries and Galloway

93

64

95

106


Fife 

128

98

131

100


Grampian 

367

539

464

619


Lothian and Borders 

583

600

429

415


Northern 

245

279

338

339


Strathclyde 

2,709

2,651

2,547

3,356


Tayside 

397

407

426

490


Scotland4

4,709

4,897

4,736

5,766

 

Other Drug Offences


Central

1

-

-

6


Dumfries and Galloway

-

-

-

3


Fife 

1

-

-

-


Grampian 

1

1

-

-


Lothian and Borders 

2

1

2

-


Northern 

2

-

1

1


Strathclyde 

2

3

6

12


Tayside 

1

-

1

-


Scotland4

10

5

10

22



  Persons Proceeded Against2 in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Approximate Local Authority Area6, 2000-03

  

Local Authority Area

2000

2001

2002

20035

 

Illegal Importation Of Drugs


Aberdeen City 

-

-

-

1


Fife 

-

-

-

1


Renfrewshire 

1

-

2

-


Other7

3

7

1

3


Scotland4

4

7

3

5

 

Illegal production, manufacture or cultivation of drugs


Aberdeen City 

-

-

-

2


Aberdeenshire 

-

2

-

2


Angus 

1

-

-

-


Argyll and Bute 

2

6

-

-


Clackmannanshire 

1

-

-

-


Dumfries and Galloway

-

3

1

4


Dundee City 

4

-

2

2


East Ayrshire 

1

4

1

4


East Lothian 

-

1

-

4


Edinburgh, City of 

8

12

6

7


Eilean Siar 

-

1

-

-


Falkirk 

-

-

-

6


Fife 

11

4

18

26


Glasgow City 

9

11

7

4


Highland 

4

2

6

6


Inverclyde 

-

-

-

2


Moray 

3

-

2

-


Orkney Islands 

-

-

1

2


Perth and Kinross 

2

1

1

2


Renfrewshire 

-

-

1

6


Scottish Borders 

-

3

3

4


South Ayrshire 

4

-

-

-


South Lanarkshire 

2

2

2

1


Stirling 

-

1

2

-


West Dunbartonshire

-

2

-

1


West Lothian 

4

-

1

-


Other7

1

-

3

4


Scotland4

57

55

57

89

 

Supply, Possession of Drugs with Intent to Supply


Aberdeen City 

63

56

75

64


Aberdeenshire 

12

28

24

32


Angus 

27

19

18

17


Argyll and Bute 

22

29

11

6


Clackmannanshire 

13

13

16

29


Dumfries and Galloway

38

29

49

39


Dundee City 

31

19

48

42


East Ayrshire 

55

68

67

117


East Lothian 

3

4

2

7


Edinburgh, City of 

113

127

114

129


Eilean Siar 

2

2

7

3


Falkirk 

31

48

53

42


Fife 

43

63

61

73


Glasgow City 

393

405

273

355


Highland 

32

46

45

63


Inverclyde 

45

43

39

51


Midlothian 

1

-

-

-


Moray 

11

12

7

12


North Lanarkshire 

48

44

39

33


Orkney Islands 

1

4

-

6


Perth and Kinross 

49

60

67

55


Renfrewshire 

50

39

25

26


Scottish Borders 

18

9

16

21


Shetland Islands 

-

5

8

1


South Ayrshire 

41

49

36

62


South Lanarkshire 

108

148

80

71


Stirling 

13

33

28

31


West Dunbartonshire

30

32

21

33


West Lothian 

34

16

32

31


Other7

395

386

318

374


Scotland4

1,723

1,836

1,579

1,825

 

Possession of Drugs


Aberdeen City 

220

300

303

405


Aberdeenshire 

102

169

125

155


Angus 

109

76

85

99


Argyll and Bute 

87

115

84

101


Clackmannanshire 

30

35

36

60


Dumfries and Galloway

93

64

95

105


Dundee City 

198

205

222

254


East Ayrshire 

171

173

158

212


East Dunbartonshire

16

14

20

34


East Lothian 

23

39

34

33


East Renfrewshire 

10

17

14

14


Edinburgh, City of 

370

351

237

234


Eilean Siar 

12

15

29

20


Falkirk 

111

133

149

144


Fife 

127

98

131

99


Glasgow City 

996

902

902

1,081


Highland 

209

246

291

296


Inverclyde 

208

163

220

300


Midlothian 

13

21

8

10


Moray 

41

67

36

59


North Ayrshire 

36

56

35

51


North Lanarkshire 

314

307

248

426


Orkney Islands 

7

3

5

6


Perth and Kinross 

89

125

117

135


Renfrewshire 

161

139

119

149


Scottish Borders 

90

93

87

63


Shetland Islands 

17

15

12

16


South Ayrshire 

257

231

222

305


South Lanarkshire 

357

425

425

459


Stirling 

46

90

121

137


West Dunbartonshire

91

103

94

219


West Lothian 

87

93

61

72


Other7

11

12

10

11


Scotland4

4,709

4,897

4,736

5,766

 

Other Drug Offences


Aberdeen City 

1

1

-

-


Argyll and Bute 

-

-

-

1


Clackmannanshire 

-

-

-

2


Dumfries and Galloway

-

-

-

3


Dundee City 

1

-

-

-


East Ayrshire 

-

1

-

3


East Lothian 

-

1

-

-


Edinburgh, City of 

2

-

1

-


Falkirk 

-

-

-

1


Fife 

1

-

-

-


Glasgow City 

1

1

4

6


Highland 

2

-

1

1


Inverclyde 

-

-

1

-


Perth and Kinross 

-

-

1

-


Scottish Borders 

-

-

1

-


South Ayrshire 

-

-

1

-


South Lanarkshire 

1

1

-

2


Stirling 

-

-

-

3


Other7

1

-

-

-


Scotland4

10

5

10

22



  Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Police Force Area, 2000-03

  

Police Force Area

2000

2001

2002

20035

 

Illegal Importation of Drugs


Fife 

-

-

-

1


Grampian 

3

-

1

1


Lothian and Borders 

-

6

-

-


Northern 

-

1

-

-


Strathclyde 

1

-

2

3


Scotland4

4

7

3

5

 

Illegal Production, Manufacture or Cultivation of Drugs


Central 

1

1

1

3


Dumfries and Galloway

-

3

1

4


Fife 

10

4

14

21


Grampian 

2

1

2

3


Lothian and Borders 

11

13

9

12


Northern 

4

3

7

8


Strathclyde 

16

20

12

14


Tayside 

6

1

3

4


Scotland4

50

46

49

69

 

Supply, Possession of Drugs with Intent to Supply


Central 

63

99

88

116


Dumfries and Galloway

44

34

46

45


Fife 

30

68

75

64


Grampian 

112

115

129

151


Lothian and Borders 

185

179

153

190


Northern 

39

68

58

77


Strathclyde 

681

675

626

801


Tayside 

110

97

126

121


Scotland4

1,264

1,335

1,301

1,565

 

Possession of Drugs


Central 

170

242

284

327


Dumfries and Galloway

86

60

86

94


Fife 

107

88

118

88


Grampian 

337

496

432

588


Lothian and Borders 

540

577

403

385


Northern 

222

277

318

327


Strathclyde 

2,285

2,234

2,407

3,182


Tayside 

352

370

391

457


Scotland4

4,099

4,344

4,439

5,448

 

Other Drug Offences


Central 

1

-

-

6


Dumfries and Galloway

-

-

-

3


Fife 

1

-

-

-


Grampian 

1

1

-

-


Lothian and Borders 

2

1

2

-


Northern 

2

-

1

-


Strathclyde 

1

2

5

9


Tayside 

1

-

1

-


Scotland4

9

4

9

18



  Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences3, by Approximate Local Authority Area6, 2000-03

  

Local Authority Area

2000

2001

2002

20035

 

Illegal Importation of Drugs


Aberdeen City 

-

-

-

1


Fife 

-

-

-

1


Renfrewshire 

1

-

2

-


Other7

3

7

1

3


Scotland4

4

7

3

5

 

Illegal production, Manufacture or Cultivation of Drugs


Aberdeen City 

-

-

-

2


Aberdeenshire 

-

1

-

1


Angus 

1

-

-

-


Argyll and Bute 

2

4

-

-


Clackmannanshire 

1

-

-

-


Dumfries and Galloway

-

3

1

4


Dundee City 

4

-

2

2


East Ayrshire 

1

4

1

4


East Lothian 

-

1

-

2


Edinburgh, City of 

7

9

5

6


Eilean Siar 

-

1

-

-


Falkirk 

-

-

-

3


Fife 

10

4

13

20


Glasgow City 

6

8

7

3


Highland 

4

2

6

6


Inverclyde 

-

-

-

1


Moray 

2

-

2

-


Orkney Islands 

-

-

1

1


Perth and Kinross 

1

1

1

2


Renfrewshire 

-

-

1

4


Scottish Borders 

-

3

3

4


South Ayrshire 

4

-

-

-


South Lanarkshire 

2

2

2

1


Stirling 

-

1

1

-


West Dunbartonshire

-

2

-

-


West Lothian 

4

-

1

-


Other7

1

-

2

3


Scotland4

50

46

49

69

 

Supply, Possession of Drugs with Intent to Supply


Aberdeen City 

57

46

58

55


Aberdeenshire 

9

19

21

25


Angus 

21

19

13

14


Argyll and Bute 

13

16

9

6


Clackmannanshire 

11

8

12

26


Dumfries and Galloway

30

24

37

31


Dundee City 

27

16

35

33


East Ayrshire 

41

47

57

111


East Lothian 

3

4

1

7


Edinburgh, City of 

92

105

79

100


Eilean Siar 

2

2

5

3


Falkirk 

30

41

44

40


Fife 

29

41

49

47


Glasgow City 

245

255

248

325


Highland 

29

44

35

56


Inverclyde 

35

34

33

46


Midlothian 

1

-

-

-


Moray 

10

11

5

11


North Lanarkshire 

23

24

29

30


Orkney Islands 

1

4

-

6


Perth and Kinross 

42

44

50

47


Renfrewshire 

32

21

19

22


Scottish Borders 

17

9

15

20


Shetland Islands 

-

5

8

1


South Ayrshire 

28

23

30

56


South Lanarkshire 

59

82

66

63


Stirling 

11

30

21

28


West Dunbartonshire

17

18

20

27


West Lothian 

33

15

27

27


Other7

316

328

275

302


Scotland4

1,264

1,335

1,301

1,565

 

Possession of Drugs


Aberdeen City 

204

274

281

383


Aberdeenshire 

92

160

116

147


Angus 

102

72

82

92


Argyll and Bute 

77

108

79

94


Clackmannanshire 

22

34

31

57


Dumfries and Galloway

86

60

86

93


Dundee City 

182

191

201

238


East Ayrshire 

153

160

153

204


East Dunbartonshire

15

13

20

34


East Lothian 

22

39

33

32


East Renfrewshire 

10

16

14

14


Edinburgh, City of 

340

332

223

211


Eilean Siar 

10

15

25

19


Falkirk 

104

128

144

136


Fife 

106

88

118

87


Glasgow City 

797

713

849

1,008


Highland 

190

244

277

286


Inverclyde 

177

146

211

293


Midlothian 

13

21

8

10


Moray 

40

60

35

58


North Ayrshire 

36

55

35

51


North Lanarkshire 

288

274

239

419


Orkney Islands 

6

3

4

5


Perth and Kinross 

68

107

106

126


Renfrewshire 

135

115

109

141


Scottish Borders 

86

92

84

60


Shetland Islands 

16

15

12

16


South Ayrshire 

232

210

214

296


South Lanarkshire 

297

344

403

440


Stirling 

44

79

109

134


West Dunbartonshire

68

76

79

185


West Lothian 

79

90

53

69


Other7

2

10

6

9


Scotland4

4,099

4,344

4,439

5,448

 

Other Drug Offences


Aberdeen City 

1

1

-

-


Argyll and Bute 

-

-

-

1


Clackmannanshire 

-

-

-

2


Dumfries and Galloway

-

-

-

3


Dundee City 

1

-

-

-


East Ayrshire 

-

1

-

2


East Lothian 

-

1

-

-


Edinburgh, City of 

2

-

1

-


Falkirk 

-

-

-

1


Fife 

1

-

-

-


Glasgow City 

-

-

3

4


Highland 

2

-

1

-


Inverclyde 

-

-

1

-


Perth and Kinross 

-

-

1

-


Scottish Borders 

-

-

1

-


South Ayrshire 

-

-

1

-


South Lanarkshire 

1

1

-

2


Stirling 

-

-

-

3


Other7

1

-

-

-


Scotland4

9

4

9

18



  Notes:

  1. Trends in the recorded crime figures between 2003 and 2004 have been affected by the introduction in April 2004 of the Scottish Crime Recording Standard. As anticipated, this increased the numbers of minor crimes recorded by the police, such as vandalism, petty assault, breach of the peace and minor thefts.

  2. Figures for persons proceeded against may be underestimates due to recording delays.

  3. Where main offence.

  4. Scotland totals for court proceedings statistics may contain a small number of cases where the police force area and/or local authority area are unknown.

  5. Includes estimated data.

  6. Incorporates an approximate mapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courts will deal with cases from more than one local authority area. Some local authority areas, including East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Midlothian and North Ayrshire, do not contain a sheriff court.

  7. Includes High Court cases and those where court location is not known.

Justice

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people (a) under and (b) over 18 have DNA profiles stored in the police national database without having been charged or cautioned for any offence.

Cathy Jamieson: There are 268 DNA profiles held on the Scottish DNA Database that people provided voluntarily, so these were provided without anyone being cautioned or charged. The people who provided these samples can withdraw their permission for the database to hold them in writing at any time. Three of these profiles are from people aged under 18.

  Other than those 268 profiles, the Database does not store any DNA profiles from people who have not been charged or cautioned. All other profiles held by the database were taken from suspects following arrest or detention for specific offences, and caution and charging is undertaken as part of the arrest and detention procedures.

Maternity Services

Carolyn Leckie (Central Scotland) (SSP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many consultant-led maternity units there are and how many there have been in each of the last five years.

Carolyn Leckie (Central Scotland) (SSP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many midwife-led maternity units there are and how many there have been in each of the last five years.

Lewis Macdonald: The information requested is not held centrally.

Maternity Services

Carolyn Leckie (Central Scotland) (SSP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many consultant-led maternity units are the subject of consultation for closure or conversion to non-consultant-led services.

Lewis Macdonald: This is a matter for individual NHS boards. The information requested is not held centrally.

Maternity Services

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many babies were born prematurely in each NHS board area in each year since 1997.

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many babies were born at (a) under 24 weeks, (b) 24 to under 28 weeks, (c) 28 to under 32 weeks and (d) 32 to 37 weeks in each year since 1997, broken down by NHS board area.

Lewis Macdonald: The information requested is available on the ISD website, the link for which can be found at: http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/info3.jsp?pContentID=1019&p_applic=CCC&p_service=Content.show& .

National Health Service

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) graduates and (b) junior posts there were in (i) medicine, (ii) nursing, (iii) midwifery and (iv) physiotherapy in each year since 1999.

Allan Wilson: The number of graduates from Scottish Higher Educations Institutions and Colleges in medicine, nursing, midwifery and physiotherapy are contained in the following table:

  

Subject

1999-2000

2000-01

2002-02

2002-03

2003-04


Clinical Medicine

910

865

995

970

980


Nursing and Midwifery

3,275

3,175

3,880

3,990

N/A


Physiotherapy

105

90

105

210

215



  Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency and Scottish Funding Council.

  Figures have been rounded to the nearest five.

  Midwifery was not recorded separately from nursing prior to 2002-03. The table includes 190 midwifery graduates for 2002-03 and 220 graduates for 2003-04. Data from colleges for 2003-04 are not yet available. In that year, 2,810 students graduated in nursing and midwifery from higher education institutions.

  Information on staff in post in NHS Scotland, including junior posts, is published on the Scottish Health Statistics website under Workforce Statistics, at www.isdscotland.org/workforce.

  Section B gives details of medical and dental staff. In particular, tables B1 and B2 show the whole-time equivalent and headcount numbers by grade over the last 10 years. Latest available figures are at 30 September 2004.

  Section E gives details of nursing and midwifery staff. In particular, tables E5 and E6 show the whole-time equivalent and headcount numbers by grade. Latest available figures are at 31 March 2005.

  Section F gives details of allied health professionals. In particular, tables F1 and F2 give details of whole-time equivalent and headcount numbers of qualified and assistant grade staff. No further grade breakdown is available. Latest available figures are at 31 March 2005.

Roads

Euan Robson (Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to improve the A7 trunk road at Scatterpenny corner to the south west of Hawick and, if so, what such improvements will involve and when they are likely to commence.

Tavish Scott: Following improvements made and completed in spring 2004, the area is being monitored through the annual review of the safety record of the A7.

Roads

Carolyn Leckie (Central Scotland) (SSP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received the open letter to the First Minister signed by 25 experts from the medical, psychology, psychiatry, autism, education, social work and associated fields expressing their concern at the proposed Murtle route of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route through Camphill and, in light of the national and international standing of the signatories of this letter, whether the Minister for Transport and Telecommunications will invite them to expand on their concerns for the well-being of the 200 children and adults with special needs who live in the Camphill communities immediately affected.

Tavish Scott: The letter was received on 24 October and I will reply to it shortly.

Roads

Carolyn Leckie (Central Scotland) (SSP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-19342 by Tavish Scott on 19 September 2005, what specific information from the Camphill Medical Director and staff in written and oral reports was referred to in the answer and whether a breakdown of this information is publicly available.

Tavish Scott: This information will be contained in reports which will be published when I make the decision on the preferred route for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

Roads

Carolyn Leckie (Central Scotland) (SSP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-19342 by Tavish Scott on 19 September 2005, what specific information gained "through canvassing opinions and interviewing officials in local authorities who refer children to Camphill Rudolph Steiner Schools and on their policy towards Newton Dee" was referred to in the answer and whether a breakdown of this information is publicly available.

Tavish Scott: This information will be contained in reports which will be published when I make the decision on the preferred route for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

Roads

Shiona Baird (North East Scotland) (Green): To ask the Scottish Executive, following the Minister for Transport and Telecommunications’ agreement to meet the Scottish Society for Autism to discuss the implications for the Camphill communities of proceeding with the Murtle option for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route, whether this meeting has taken place and, if so, where and when it happened, who attended, what matters were discussed and what the outcome was of the discussions.

Tavish Scott: The meeting was held on 7 November 2005 at the society’s head offices in Alloa between a representative of the consulting engineers for the project and the society’s Director of Education and Support Services. A range of issues were discussed which will help the decision making process.

Roads

Dr Elaine Murray (Dumfries) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive how many accidents have been recorded on the A701 in each of the last five years.

Tavish Scott: The number of injury accidents on the A701 in each of the last five years (January 2000 to December 2004) is as follows:

  

Year

Fatal

Serious

Slight

Total


2000

0

4

4

8


2001

0

3

6

9


2002

0

2

11

13


2003

0

2

15

17


2004

2

5

12

19


Total

2

16

48

66



  The figures quoted may differ slightly from those published elsewhere because they were extracted on a different date and the database may have changed between the two dates e.g. due to late returns or corrections to earlier returns.

Roads

Brian Adam (Aberdeen North) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-16532 by Nicol Stephen on 31 May 2005, whether it has now made a decision on the route of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

Tavish Scott: I will make a decision when I have had a full analysis of all available information.

Schools

Mrs Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-23931 by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 March 2002, how many school nurses have been employed in each NHS board area in each year since 2000.

Lewis Macdonald: The number of qualified school nurses (headcount) in each NHS board for years 2000 to 2004 is shown in the table. The information presented is as at 30 September each year and the latest available data is at 30 September 2004.

  

NHS Board

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004


Argyll and Clyde

34

33

36

33

30


Ayrshire and Arran

27

30

32

36

35


Borders

5

8

8

7

7


Dumfries and Galloway

11

13

15

13

16


Fife

38

38

40

37

34


Forth Valley

17

23

20

19

22


Grampian

54

56

52

52

57


Greater Glasgow

69

70

62

69

73


Highland

22

24

24

21

27


Lanarkshire

51

51

54

55

53


Lothian

31

42

35

27

26


Orkney

-

-

-

-

1


Shetland

1

1

1

1

1


Tayside

41

39

43

40

37


Western Isles

1

1

2

4

4


National Services Scotland

1

-

-

-

-


Scotland

403

429

424

414

423

Schools

Mrs Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what the ratio is of schoolchildren to school nurses, broken down by NHS board area.

Lewis Macdonald: The ratio of school children to qualified school nurses by NHS board is shown in the following table. The latest available data is at 30 September 2004.

  

NHS Board

Ratio of School Children to School Nurses1


Argyll and Clyde

2,240:1


Ayrshire and Arran

1,708:1


Borders

2,472:1


Dumfries and Galloway

1,460:1


Fife

1,682:1


Forth Valley

2,098:1


Grampian

1,456:1


Greater Glasgow

1,825:1


Highland

1,275:1


Lanarkshire

1,744:1


Lothian

4,528:1


Orkney

3,361:1


Shetland

3,951;1


Tayside

1,625:1


Western Isles

1,057:1


Scotland

1,900:1



  Note: 1. Population figures used derive from mid-year estimates from the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) at 30 June 2004. Figures used cover ages five to 18 years.

Scottish Executive Expenditure

Derek Brownlee (South of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding it is allocating to the Scottish Union Learning Fund for (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07 and (c) 2007-08 and from which level 3 budget this will come.

Allan Wilson: The information requested is given in Table 6.11 of the Draft Budget 2006-07 published by the Scottish Executive in 2005, under the same budget heading as contained within your question.

  A copy of the draft budget 2006-07 is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 37351) and can also be found on the Executive’s website at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/09/06112356/23573.

Social Work

Tricia Marwick (Mid Scotland and Fife) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether the report by the Social Work Inspection Agency and Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary into the management of Colyn Evans has been delivered to ministers and, if so, when it will be published.

Cathy Jamieson: The outcome of the Social Work Inspection Agency (SWIA) and Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) work has not yet been submitted to ministers. The Social Work Inspection Agency and Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary for Scotland are in discussions with the Fife authorities about the work which is nearing completion.

Sport

Linda Fabiani (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether the support pledged by the English, Welsh and Northern Irish sports ministers for Glasgow's bid to host the Commonwealth Games in 2014 was practical or verbal.

Linda Fabiani (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how the sports ministers for England, Wales and Northern Ireland intend to support Glasgow’s bid for the Commonwealth Games in 2014.

Patricia Ferguson: Both. My UK Sports Cabinet colleagues will help promote and garner support throughout the bid campaign period when the opportunity arises. Their input will be valuable in helping us gain sufficient support across the Commonwealth to secure these Games for Glasgow and for Scotland.

Sport

Linda Fabiani (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in light of the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport’s comments that "Scotland may be a small country, but we have big ambitions", the Executive will now support the C-Scot campaign for a Scottish Olympic team.

Patricia Ferguson: No. I made clear the many reasons why the Executive will not be supporting any move to create a Scottish Olympic team when responding to the SNP’s debate on this subject on 6 October. The transcript of that debate can be found on the Scottish Parliament’s website at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-05/sor1006-02.htm#Col19803 .

  One of our big ambitions for Scottish sport is to help our top athletes realise their full potential and achieve success on the world stage. One way of doing this is by working to ensure the strongest possible Scottish component in GB teams for Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Sport

Linda Fabiani (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how the Commonwealth Games in 2014 will "showcase modern Scotland to billions of people", as stated by the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport on 2 November 2005.

Patricia Ferguson: The Commonwealth Games are arguably the most important and popular multi-sports event in the Commonwealth and are amongst the largest multi-sport events in the world.

  Over the period of the Games, if the Glasgow bid is successful, the whole of Scotland will benefit from the opportunity to be involved in the Games and will show the rest of the world what our country has to offer. Hosting the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Scotland would provide a further opportunity to demonstrate to the world our ability to stage major sporting events. It will also allow those visiting Glasgow and the rest of Scotland, as well as those watching on television, the chance to see our beautiful country and the many assets it has to offer, be it to visit as a holiday destination; a venue for staging major events; a location for businesses and investors; or a place to live, work and study.

Strategic Environmental Assessment

Patrick Harvie (Glasgow) (Green): To ask the Scottish Executive in what ways SEA Gateway is supporting, advising and offering guidance on the strategic environmental assessment of National Planning Policy Guideline 6 on Renewable Energy or any other Executive plans, programmes or strategies currently being developed.

Ross Finnie: The SEA Gateway team are in regular contact with the team in the Executive reviewing the National Planning Policy Guidance 6 (NPPG 6) on Renewable Energy Developments. The SEA Gateway has given support by providing general policy advice on SEA; highlighting the relevant SEA guidance and will manage the transmission of required SEA documentation to and from the Consultation Authorities.

  The SEA Gateway offers this support to any Responsible Authority developing plans, programmes or strategies subject to SEA legislation, including those from the Executive.

Vaccines

Carolyn Leckie (Central Scotland) (SSP): To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has received from pharmaceutical companies in relation to purchasing, procuring and tendering for anti-viral drugs and flu vaccines.

Mr Andy Kerr: In pandemic flu planning, Department of Health are the lead UK Department on the purchasing, procuring and tendering for anti-viral drugs and flu vaccines.

Wildlife

Mrs Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in respect of the conservation of native red squirrels, in light of the Scottish Strategy for Red Squirrel Conservation 2004.

Rhona Brankin: Considerable progress has been made following the launch in February 2004 of this strategy, which identifies specific actions to conserve red squirrels in Scotland. These include addressing threats such as the effect of grey squirrels, changes to woodland habitats, the spread of disease and predation by other species upon the red squirrel population in Scotland. Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) have published a report in which 127 priority woodlands for the conservation of the red squirrel have been identified across Scotland and squirrel friendly silviculture is being promoted through the Scottish Squirrel Group.

  The Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 amended the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 making the reckless destruction of the resting places of a schedule 5 listed species an offence. Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) has now the ability to attach conditions to felling licences to conserve the red squirrel and its habitat.

  In August 2004 a Scottish Squirrel co-ordinator, based within the Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT), was appointed by the Scottish Squirrel Group for a three year period. They will co-ordinate the existing records on the distribution of red and grey squirrels and allocate volunteer resources where required.

  Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and the Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) have received applications from RSSS and the Ayrshire Red Squirrel Group for funding to employ part and full time squirrel workers. SNH has also received applications from the Grampian and Highland Squirrel Groups for funding as part of a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) bid. These applications are at various stages of consideration and a decision will be made on them shortly. Additionally, and under the Scottish Forestry Grant Scheme, FCS offers funding to local groups and for a range of red squirrel conservation measures.

Wildlife

Mr Mark Ruskell (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green): To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions it has issued licences under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 for the control of species listed under Annex IV of the European Habitats Directive in the last 10 years.

Rhona Brankin: Records of licences issued prior to 2000 are not available centrally.

  From 2000 to date, the Scottish Executive has issued one licence under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 for species listed under Annex IV of the European Habitats Directive. In 2004 a licence was issued to permit the trapping and relocation of an otter to prevent serious damage to livestock under section 16(3)(h) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, as well as regulation 44(2)(g) of The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994.

  Normally, licences relating to Annex IV species are issued under the provisions of The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 which transposes the Habitat Directive into UK legislation. 118 such licences have been issued for a number of specific purposes, and the protection of Annex IV species forms an important part of the conditions of these licences.